Treecreepers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.

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

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 May 2022.

[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Ostriches in the Zoo

Struthioniformes

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

[Struthio camelus, Family Struthionidae, Order Struthioniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ostrich]

The sound of the ostrich (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jeremy Hegge)

Puffins on Lundy

Charadriiformes

Place: The Pyramid, Lundy Island
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: North Lighthouse, Lundy Island
Date: 30 June 2021.

Place: Battery Point, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.

[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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

More Pink-footed Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Waxham, Norfolk
Date: 29 September 2021.

[Anser brachyrhynchus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pink-footed goose]

The sound of the pink-footed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew McCafferty)

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

More Rooks

Passeriformes #1

Place: Caerfai Bay campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

Place: Portree, Isle of Skye
Date: 3 September 2021.

Place: Easton-on-the-Hill, Northamptonshire
Date: 30 October 2021.

Place: Bishop’s Palace, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Martyr Bay, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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

Guillemots in Devon

Charadriiformes

Place: Torquay, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.

Place: Berry Head, Brixham, Devon
Date: 24 January 2022.

Place: Babbacombe Beach, Torquay, Devon
Date: 24 January 2022.

[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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

Various Red-legged Partridges

Galliformes

Place: Lepe, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.

Place: Exbury Gardens, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.

Place: Gresham Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

Place: Blickling Estate, Norfolk
Date: 26 September 2021.

Place: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
Date: 27 March 2022.

[Alectoris rufa, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-legged partridge]

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

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

Mandarin Ducks in the Peak District

Anseriformes

Place: Wolfscote Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 26 May 2021.

Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.

Place: Cressbrook, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 10 February 2022.

[Aix galericulata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mandarin duck]

The sound of the mandarin duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Darrell-Lambert)

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

Various Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Piciformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 October 2018.

Place: Chartwell, Westerham, Kent
Date: 22 January 2019.

Place: Leith Hill Tower, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.

Place: Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Date: 1 November 2021.

Place: Anglian Water Bird Watching Centre, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

The sound of the great spotted woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Kermadec Petrel (Stuffed Specimen)

Procellariiformes

Place: Grosvenor Museum, Chester
Date: 9 October 2021.

[Pterodroma neglecta, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Kermadec petrel]

The sound of the Kermadec petrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Todd Mark)