Category Archives: England

Great Cormorant Drying its Wings

Suliformes

Place: Polkerris, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.



[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

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

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

Lapwing

Charadriiformes

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



[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

Chaffinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 24 April 2015.


Place: National Botanical Gardens of Wales near Carmarthen
Date: 24 July 2011.

[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

Song Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve near Bristol
Date: 10 May 2015.



[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Nuthatch

Passeriformes #2

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



[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Nuthatch]

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

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

Red-breasted Goose

Anseriformes

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


[Branta ruficollis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted goose]

The sound of the red-breasted goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Sander Bot)

Distribution and sightings of the red-breasted goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the red-breasted goose across the British Isles

Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 24 April 2015.


Place: Bosherston lakes, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 September 2013.



[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

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

Blackbird Performing Some Strange Display

Passeriformes #2

Place: Arundel, West Sussex
Date: 5 May 2012.




[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

The sound of the blackbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Great Crested Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent
Date: 21 February 2015.


[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

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

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