Category Archives: Britain

Black Swan Lake

Anseriformes

Place: Aylesford Friary, Kent
Date: 26 September 2015.






[Cygnus atratus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black swan]

The sound of the black swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nick Talbot)

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

Tawny Frogmouth

Caprimulgiformes

Place: In front of National Museum, Cardiff
Date: 15 June 2013.



[Podargus strigoides, Family Podargidae, Order Caprimulgiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tawny frogmouth]

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

Avocet

Charadriiformes

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




Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.


[Recurvirostra avosetta, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied avocet]

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

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

Great Cormorant Drying its Wings

Suliformes

Place: Polkerris, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.



[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

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

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

Lapwing

Charadriiformes

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



[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

Chaffinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 24 April 2015.


Place: National Botanical Gardens of Wales near Carmarthen
Date: 24 July 2011.

[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

Song Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve near Bristol
Date: 10 May 2015.



[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Nuthatch

Passeriformes #2

Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.



[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Nuthatch]

The sound of the nuthatch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the Roof

Charadriiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 22 August 2015.


[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles