Category Archives: Britain

Wood Pigeon Raiding the Strawberries

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 18 June 2011.


[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Oystercatcher

Charadriiformes

Place: The Zwin near Knokke
Date: 4 May 2013.


Place: Marros Sands, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 October 2012.


[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

Red-breasted Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre, Slimbridge
Date: 14 February 2010.


[Branta ruficollis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted goose]

The sound of the red-breasted goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Sander Bot)

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

Heron on the Roof

Pelecaniformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 19 March 2011.



[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Choughs

Passeriformes #1

Place: Rhossili, Gower Peninsula
Date: 14 July 2013.





[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae , Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

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


Place: Bosherston lakes, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 September 2013.



[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

Distribution and sightings of the grey wagtail across the British Isles (borrowed and moidified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the grey wagtail across the British Isles

Herring Gull Taking a Bath

Charadriiformes

Place: Marros Sands near Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 October 2012.



[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Blackbird Performing Some Strange Display

Passeriformes #2

Place: Arundel, West Sussex
Date: 5 May 2012.




[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

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

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

Great Crested Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent
Date: 21 February 2015.


[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

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

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

Common Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent
Date: 21 February 2015.


Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 March 2015.



[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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