Selected Turnstones

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Whiteford Sands, Gower
Date: 26 August 2020.

Place: Coastal path between Llanrhystud and Llan-non, Ceredigion
Date: 21 November 2020.

Place: Aberystwyth Promenade, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

Place: Sheringham, Norfolk
Date: 30 September 2021.

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

Turkey Vulture

Cathartiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Cathartes aura, Family Cathartidae, Order Cathartiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Turkey vulture]

The sound of the turkey vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Charlie Vogt)

Young Snow Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Dunwich, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

[Plectrophenax nivalis, Family Calcariidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Snow bunting]

The sound of the snow bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Red-eyed Vireo (Stuffed Specimen)

Passeriformes #1

Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 August 2022.

Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 12 August 2022.

[Vireo olivaceus, Family Vireonidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-eyed vireo]

The sound of the red-eyed vireo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist William Whitehead)

Selected Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Newgale, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 April 2017.

Place: Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve, Blackpool, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 20 March 2018.

Place: Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 21 July 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 30 July 2022.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

The sound of the blue tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Blue-faced Honeyeater

Passeriformes #1

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Entomyzon cyanotis, Family Meliphagidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-faced honeyeater]

The sound of the blue-faced honeyeater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

Hamerkop

Pelecaniformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Scopus umbretta, Family Scopidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hamerkop]

The sound of the hamerkop (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tim Cockcroft)

Whitethroats from Scotland

Passeriformes #1

Place: Portnahaven, Islay, Scotland
Date: 9 June 2022.

Place: Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 12 June 2022.

[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

Common Sandpipers from Scotland

Charadriiformes

Place: Coast Path from Garminy to Fishnish, Mull, Scotland
Date: 15 June 2022.

Place: Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.

Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

[Actitis hypoleucos, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common sandpiper]

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

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

Selected Stonechats

Passeriformes #2

Place: Coast path near Marloes, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 April 2018.

Place: Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 15 May 2018.

Place: Burges Island, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.

Place: Rest Bay, Porthcawl
Date: 25 July 2019.

Place: Ancient Messini, Greece
Date: 9 September 2019.

Place: Conwy Mountain, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.

Place: Nash Point, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 2 November 2020.

Place: Porth Neigwl, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 5 December 2020.

Place: Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common stonechat]

The sound of the stonechat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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