Category Archives: Britain

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Columbiformes

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









[Goura victoria, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Victoria crowned pigeon]

The sound of the Victoria crowned pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Iain Woxvold)

Himalayan Monal

Galliformes

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







[Lophophorus impejanus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Himalayan monal]

The sound of the Himalayan monal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

Treecreepers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.


Place: Longshaw Estate, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.



Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 May 2022.




[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Ostriches in the Zoo

Struthioniformes

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










[Struthio camelus, Family Struthionidae, Order Struthioniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ostrich]

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

Cockatiel

Psittaciformes

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




[Nymphicus hollansicus, Family Cacatuidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cockatiel]

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

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

Puffins on Lundy

Charadriiformes

Place: The Pyramid, Lundy Island
Date: 29 June 2021.





Place: North Lighthouse, Lundy Island
Date: 30 June 2021.




Place: Battery Point, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.













[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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

Buzzards from Scotland

Accipitriformes

Place: Threave Castle, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.


Place: Kerrera, Argyll & But
Date: 24 August 2021.












Place: Ferniniquarrie, Duirinish, Isle of Skye
Date: 31 August 2021.





Place: Old Man of Storr, Trotternish, Isle of Skye
Date: 3 September 2021.



Place: Insh Marshes, Kingussie, Scottish Highlands
Date: 12 September 2021.



Place: Ulva Ferry, Mull, Scotland
Date: 17 June 2022.


Place: Loch Torr, Mull, Scotland
Date: 18 June 2022.






[Buteo buteo, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common buzzard]

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

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

Shag Eating Fish

Suliformes

Place: River Tay, Dundee, Scotland
Date: 13 September 2021.




[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Still More Deceased Manx Shearwaters

Procellariiformes

Place: Round House, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.


Place: Middle Path, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.





[Puffinus puffinus, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Manx shearwater]

The sound of the Manx shearwater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Grant Sherman)

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