Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.
[Bubulcus ibis, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cattle egret]
The sound of the cattle egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)
Distribution and sightings of the cattle egret across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Filey, Yorkshire
Date: 3 November 2015.
I saw this great black-backed seagull on the beach south of Scarborough, holding its wings in a rather strange fashion. When scared off, it could fly ok, but it never folded its wings where they normally go on its back. From its feathers and bill colour I can tell it’s only just matured, and I wonder whether it got hurt in some way through inexperience. At the time that I spotted it, it was scavenging crab and fish remains thrown on the beach by some fishermen. Is there anyone with any bright ideas as to what might mean ?
[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).
Place: Bridlington, Yorkshire
Date: 2 November 2015.
[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).
Place: Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire coast
Date: 3 November 2015.
[Passer montanus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian tree sparrow]
The sound of the tree sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)
Distribution and sightings of the tree sparrow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Arundel, West Sussex
Date: 6 May 2012.
[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]
The sound of the moorhen (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the moorhen across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Flamborough Head, Yorkshire
Date: 4 November 2015.
Place: Amroth beach, West Wales
Date: 20 October 2012.
Place: Ringstead Bay, Isle of Purbeck
Date: 11 October 2015.
[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]
The sound of the kestrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)
Distribution and sightings of the kestrel across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Titchwell Marshes, Norfolk
Date: 2 September 2015.
Place: Angle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 September 2013.
Place: Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 4 September 2015.
[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Curlew]
The sound of the curlew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)
Distribution and sightings of the curlew across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Cley-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 1 September 2015.
Place: El Rocio, Andalucia
Date: 14 June 2015.
[Limosa limosa, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-tailed godwit]
The sound of the black-tailed godwit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the black-tailed godwit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Rainforest biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.
Place: Rainforest biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 20 September 2015.
[Rollulus rouloul, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested partridge]
The sound of the crested partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)
Place: Pensthorpe, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.
[Ciconia nigra, Family Ciconiidae, Order Ciconiiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black stork]
The sound of the black stork (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)
Distribution and sightings of the black stork across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 