Place: Saltram House, Devon
Date: 18 September 2015.
Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.
[Numida meleagris, Family Numididae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Helmeted guineafowl]
The sound of the helmeted guineafowl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Distribution and sightings of the helmeted guineafowl across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 20 December 2015.
[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]
The sound of the goosander (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)
Distribution and sightings of the goosander across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Arundel, West Sussex
Date: 5 May 2012.
Place: Flamborough Head, Yorkshire
Date: 4 November 2015.
Place: near Clovelly, Devon
Date: 17 February 2013.
[Phasianus colchicus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pheasant]
The sound of the pheasant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)
Distribution and sightings of the pheasant across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.
Place: Osterley Park, west of London
Date: 5 December 2015.
[Alopochen aegyptiaca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Egyptian goose]
The sound of the Egyptian goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the Egyptian goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Dunster, Somerset
Date: 16 February 2013.
[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]
The sound of the coal tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the coal tit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Seville, Andalucia
Date: 2 June 2015.
Place: Osterley Park, west of London
Date: 5 December 2015.
[Psittacula krameri, Family Psittaculidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rose-ringed parakeet]
The sound of the rose-ringed parakeet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the rose-ringed parakeet across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.
[Anthropoides paradisea, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue crane]
The sound of the blue crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Place: Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
Date: 5 September 2015.
[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock dove]
The sound of the rock pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the rock pigeon across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
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).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 