Category Archives: Britain

Turnstone

Charadriiformes

Place: Bridlington, Yorkshire
Date: 2 November 2015.




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

Red-breasted Merganser

Anseriformes

Place: Afon Mawddach near Dolgellau, North Wales
Date: 19 January 2014.



[Mergus serrator, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted merganser]

The sound of the red-breasted merganser (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Tree Sparrow

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire coast
Date: 3 November 2015.


[Passer montanus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian tree sparrow]

The sound of the tree sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Moorhen with Chicks

Gruiformes

Place: Arundel, West Sussex
Date: 6 May 2012.



[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Kestrel

Falconiformes

Place: Flamborough Head, Yorkshire
Date: 4 November 2015.



Place: Amroth beach, West Wales
Date: 20 October 2012.


Place: Ringstead Bay, Isle of Purbeck
Date: 11 October 2015.



[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]

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

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

Curlew

Charadriiformes

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


Place: Angle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 September 2013.


Place: Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 4 September 2015.


[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Curlew]

The sound of the curlew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Black-tailed Godwit

Charadriiformes

Place: Cley-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 1 September 2015.




Place: El Rocio, Andalucia
Date: 14 June 2015.


[Limosa limosa, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-tailed godwit]

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

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

Crested (Roul-roul) Partridge

Galliformes

Place: Rainforest biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.




Place: Rainforest biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 20 September 2015.



[Rollulus rouloul, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested partridge]

The sound of the crested partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Black Stork

Ciconiiformes

Place: Pensthorpe, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.





[Ciconia nigra, Family Ciconiidae, Order Ciconiiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black stork]

The sound of the black stork (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

A Parliament of Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 22 September 2012.



[Pica pica, Family Corvidae , Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie], Family , Order , Wikipedia Entry: ]

The sound of the magpie (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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