Category Archives: England

House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2016.




Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 13 August 2016.





Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dates: 19 April 2014.




[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Heronry

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm between Asda car park and Coryton railway cutting
Dates: 19 January 2017.








Place: Swell Wood RSPB nature reserve, Somerset
Dates: 25 May 2013.




[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

European Eagle Owl

Strigiformes

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



[Bubo bubo, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian eagle-owl]

The sound of the European eagle owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Holzapfel)

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

Yellowhammer

Passeriformes #3

Place: Flamborough Head, Yorkshire
Dates: 4 November 2015.




[Emberiza citrinella, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellowhammer]

The sound of the yellowhammer (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

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

Red-crowned Crane

Gruiformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.







[Grus japonensis, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-crowned crane]

The sound of the red-crowned crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Gallardy)

Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Dates: 25 March 2016.




Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Dates: 29 April 2016.


Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Dates: 30 April 2016.


Place: Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 8 July 2016.




Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Dates: 5 May 2016.



[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Cape Barren Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.




[Cereopsis novaehollandiae, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cape Barren goose]

The sound of the Cape Barren goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nick Talbot)

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

Chilean Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.





[Phoenicopterus chilensis, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chilean flamingo]

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

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

Bewick’s Swan

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.




[Cygnus columbianus bewickii, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tundra swan]

The sound of Bewick’s swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Richard Dunn)

Distribution and sightings of Bewick’s swan across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Great White Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 10 October 2016.







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


Place: Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.









[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jérémy Simar)

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