Category Archives: England

Great Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Date: 6 February 2016.




[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

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

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

Goldeneye

Anseriformes

Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.



[Bucephala clangula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common goldeneye]

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

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

James’s Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 14 February 2010.


[Phoenicoparrus jamesi, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: James’s flamingo]

The sound of James’s flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Young Peafowl

Galliformes

Place: Brownsea Island, Dorset
Date: 10 October 2015.






[Pavo cristatus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Indian peafowl]

The sound of peafowl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mandar Bhagat)

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

Great Grey Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Date: 7 April 2012.





[Strix nebulosa, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great grey owl]

The sound of the great grey owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

Shelduck

Anseriformes

Place: Titchwell Marshes, Norfolk
Date: 2 September 2015.




[Tadorna tadorna, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Shelduck]

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

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

More Turnstones

Charadriiformes

Place: Mevagissey harbour, Cornwall
Date: 27 October 2012.




Place: Scarborough, Yorkshire
Date: 24 October 2010.


Place: Porthcawl, South Wales
Date: 2 January 2016.






[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Turnstone]

The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)

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

Common Buzzard

Accipitriformes

Place: Wilderhope Manor, Shropshire
Date: 15 January 2016.





Place: Wilderhope Manor, Shropshire
Date: 16 January 2016.


Place: Burghclere, Hampshire
Date: 2 October 2015.


[Buteo buteo, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common buzzard]

The sound of the common buzzard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Mute Swan

Anseriformes

Place: Wrest Park, Bedfordshire
Date: 26 October 2013.


Place: Tredegar House, Newport, South Wales
Date: 9 May 2015.


Place: Somerset Levels
Date: 10 March 2013.



Place: Salthouse, Norfolk
Date: 29 August 2015.


Place: Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex
Date: 27 October 2013.


[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Dunlin

Charadriiformes

Place: Bridlington, Yorkshire
Date: 2 November 2015.




[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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