Selected Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Sabaudia, Italy
Date: 15 June 2016.

Place: Ludlow, Shropshire
Date: 26 October 2017.

Place: North Promenade, Cleveleys, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

Place: Papil Church, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Porthdinllaen, Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.

Place: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Date: 30 December 2019.

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

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

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

Village Weaver

Passeriformes #3

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Ploceus cucullatus, Family Ploceidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Village weaver]

The sound of the village weaver (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Joost van Bruggen)

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

Willow Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Kenfig Nature Reserve, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 19 April 2021.

Place: Longshaw Estate, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.

Place: Carraig Fuada Lighthouse, Islay, Scotland
Date: 8 June 2022.

Place: Coast Path from Garminy to Fishnish, Mull, Scotland
Date: 15 June 2022.

[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Selected Turnstones

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Whiteford Sands, Gower
Date: 26 August 2020.

Place: Coastal path between Llanrhystud and Llan-non, Ceredigion
Date: 21 November 2020.

Place: Aberystwyth Promenade, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

Place: Sheringham, Norfolk
Date: 30 September 2021.

[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy 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).

Young Snow Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Dunwich, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

[Plectrophenax nivalis, Family Calcariidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Snow bunting]

The sound of the snow bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Selected Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Newgale, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 April 2017.

Place: Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve, Blackpool, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 20 March 2018.

Place: Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 21 July 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 30 July 2022.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Blue-faced Honeyeater

Passeriformes #1

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Entomyzon cyanotis, Family Meliphagidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-faced honeyeater]

The sound of the blue-faced honeyeater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

Hamerkop

Pelecaniformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Scopus umbretta, Family Scopidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hamerkop]

The sound of the hamerkop (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tim Cockcroft)

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Columbiformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Goura victoria, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Victoria crowned pigeon]

The sound of the Victoria crowned pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Iain Woxvold)

Himalayan Monal

Galliformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Lophophorus impejanus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Himalayan monal]

The sound of the Himalayan monal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)