Category Archives: England

Shag

Suliformes

Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 11/12 August 2016.











[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Meadow Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 10/13 August 2016.





Place: Devil’s Dyke near Brighton
Dates: 15 September 2016.


Place: Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
Dates: 14 September 2016.


[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]

The sound of the meadow pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Eetu Paljakka)

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

Dipper

Passeriformes #2

Place: Path between Lynmouth to Watersmeet
Date: 1 September 2016.





Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Date: 19 October 2016.






Place: River Taff near Llandaff, Cardiff
Date: 5 November 2016.








[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

Andean Goose

Anseriformes

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




[Chloephaga melanoptera, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Andean goose]

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

Fulmar Chick

Procellariiformes

Place: Tintagel, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.









[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Bernard Bousquet)

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

Wren

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 12/13 August 2016.










[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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

Herring Gull Having a Crab Salad

Charadriiformes

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








[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Young Skylark Begging

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 13 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).

White-cheeked Turaco

Musophagiformes

Place: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Date: 16 August 2016.






[Tauraco leucotis, Family Musophagidae, Order Musophagiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-cheeked turaco]

The sound of the white-cheeked turaco (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

Distribution and sightings of the white-cheeked turaco across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Pheasant at the Bird Feeder

Galliformes

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


[Phasianus colchicus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pheasant]

The sound of the common pheasant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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