Category Archives: England

A Murmuration of Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: West Wittering, Sussex
Date: 16 September 2016.









[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

The sound of the common starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Wheatear

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 9 – 13 August 2016.














Place: Seven Sisters, Sussex
Date: 13 September 2016.




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


[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

The sound of the wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Gannet

Suliformes

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 10 August 2016.







[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

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

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

Common Eider

Anseriformes

Place: Amble, Northumbria
Date: 2 August 2009.


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



[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]

The sound of the common eider (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Rock Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.




[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian rock pipit]

The sound of the rock pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Andean Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

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







[Phoenicoparrus andinus, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Andean flamingo]

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

Green Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Sherborn Castle, Dorset
Date: 21 July 2016.





[Picus viridis, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: European green woodpecker]

The sound of the green woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Redshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Wadebridge, Cornwall
Date: 28 August 2016.








[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

The sound of the redshank (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Raven

Passeriformes #1

Place: Portland Bill, Dorset
Date: 20 July 2016.








Place: Lundy Island
Date: 10 August 2016.







Place: Seven Sisters, Sussex
Date: 13 September 2016.





[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Long-tailed Tit

Passeriformes #2

Place: Woodchester Park, Cotswolds
Date: 25 August 2016.








[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

Distribution and sightings of the long-tailed tit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).