Category Archives: England

Brent Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Portsmouth Harbour near Portchester Castle
Dates: 3 December 2017.





[Branta bernicla, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brant (goose)]

The sound of the Brent goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

Distribution and sightings of the Brent goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

White-headed Duck

Anseriformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Dates: 9 July 2017.




[Oxyura leucocephala, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-headed duck]

The sound of the white-headed duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

Great Black-backed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Port Isaac, Cornwall
Dates: 30 August 2016.




Place: Golspie, Sutherland
Dates: 19 July 2017.





[Larus marinus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great black-backed gull]

The sound of the great black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Blackbird

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 14 April 2016.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 30 April 2017.


Place: Ilam Park, Staffordshire
Dates: 6 December 2017.




[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

The sound of the blackbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the blackbird across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the blackbird across the British Isles

Various Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lynmouth, Devon
Dates: 16 February 2013.


Place: Segesta, Sicily
Dates: 2 June 2016.




Place: Wadebridge, Cornwall
Dates: 28 August 2016.



Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 16 January 2017.




[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

The sound of the jackdaw (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the jackdaw across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Skylark

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 9 August 2016.



[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

The sound of the skylark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the skylark across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Grey-winged Trumpeter

Gruiformes

Place: Slimbridge WWT Tropical House, Gloucestershire
Dates: 14 February 2010.




[Psophia crepitans, Family Psophiidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey-winged trumpeter]

The sound of the grey-winged trumpeter (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist John V. Moore)

Egyptian Geese with Chick

Anseriformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Dates: 7 July 2017.










[Alopochen aegyptiacus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Egyptian goose]

The sound of the Egyptian goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Distribution and sightings of the Egyptian goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Somerset Levels Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.






Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.






[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

The sound of the kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution and sightings of the kingfisher across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the kingfisher across the British Isles

Harris’s Hawk

Accipitriformes

Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Dates: 4 July 2016.




[Parabuteo unicinctus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Harris’s hawk]

The sound of Harris’s hawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Manuel Grosselet)

Distribution and sightngs of Harris’s hawk across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).