Category Archives: England

Osprey at Fishlake Meadows

Accipitriformes

Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.

















[Pandion haliaetus, Family Pandionidae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Osprey]

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

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

Pochard at Ham Wall

Anseriformes

Place: Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.




[Aythya ferina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pochard]

The sound of the pochard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

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

Selected Red Kites in Flight

Accipitriformes

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





Place: Basildon Park, Berkshire
Date: 5 March 2019.






Place: Pitton Cross, Gower
Date: 16 July 2019.






Place: Chieveley services, M4 motorway
Date: 10 October 2020.





Place: Strata Florida, Ceredigion
Date: 24 November 2020.








[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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

Selected Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Harry Rocks, north of Swanage, Dorset
Date: 11 March 2020.


Place: Benllech beach, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.



Place: Newborough Warren, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.



Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.



Place: Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 April 2021.



Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.



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


Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

More Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Sartène, Corsica
Date: 4 June 2017.



Place: Torre del Porticciolo, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.


Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.



Place: Housesteads Roman Fort, Northumbria
Date: 30 June 2018.





Place: Olympia Archeological Site, Greece
Date: 12 September 2019.




Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2020.


[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

Selected Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

Place: The Well, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


Place: Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.



Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 May 2021.





Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2022.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 April 2022.


Place: Entrance to Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 April 2022.




Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.



[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Various Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2022.




Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 February 2022.








Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

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

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

Selected Black-headed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Ring canal around Bruges, Belgium
Date: 2 December 2018.


Place: Village Bay, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.


Place: Venice, Italy
Date: 20 August 2019.



Place: Brindisi, Italy
Date: 18 September 2019.


Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.





Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 February 2021.



Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.



Place: Overstrand, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.



[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

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

Distribution and sightings of the black-headed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the black-headed gull across the British Isles

More Cetti’s Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.




Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.



Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.







[Cettia cetti, Family Cettiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cetti’s warbler]

The sound of the Cetti’s warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bernard Collet)

Distribution and sightings of the Cetti’s warbler across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the Cetti's warbler across the British Isles

Nutcracker (Stuffed Specimen)

Passeriformes #1

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




[Nucifraga caryocatactes, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted nutcracker]

The sound of the nutcracker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Albert Lastukhin)