Common Gulls from the Inner Hebrides

Charadriiformes

Place: Feolin, Jura, Scotland
Date: 10 June 2022.

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

Place: Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.

Place: Scalasaig, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2022.

Place: The Machair, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

Place: Sandeels Bay, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

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

Place: Seamill, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2022.

[Larus canus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common gull]

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

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

Water Rails

Gruiformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 November 2021.

[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

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

More Pink-footed Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Waxham, Norfolk
Date: 29 September 2021.

[Anser brachyrhynchus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pink-footed goose]

The sound of the pink-footed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew McCafferty)

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

Siskins in Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2022.

[Spinus spinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian siskin]

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

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

Diamond Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Ardencraig Gardens, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

[Geopelia cuneata, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Diamond dove]

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

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

Australian Boobook Owl

Strigiformes

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

[Ninox boobook, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Australian boobook]

The sound of the Australian boobook owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist James Lambert)

Boat-billed Heron

Pelecaniformes

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

[Cochlearius cochlearius, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Boat-billed heron]

The sound of the boat-billed heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Kent Livezey)

More Rooks

Passeriformes #1

Place: Caerfai Bay campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

Place: Portree, Isle of Skye
Date: 3 September 2021.

Place: Easton-on-the-Hill, Northamptonshire
Date: 30 October 2021.

Place: Bishop’s Palace, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Martyr Bay, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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

Reed Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2022.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 May 2022.

[Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian reed warbler]

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

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

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

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

[Bicanistes brevis, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Silvery-cheeked hornbill]

The sound of the silvery-cheeked hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Rolf A. de By)