Category Archives: Britain

African Fish Eagle

Accipitriformes

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







[Haliaeetus vocifer, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African fish eagle]

The sound of the African fish eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist James Bradley)

Guillemots in Devon

Charadriiformes

Place: Torquay, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.




Place: Berry Head, Brixham, Devon
Date: 24 January 2022.




Place: Babbacombe Beach, Torquay, Devon
Date: 24 January 2022.








[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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

Tawny Frogmouth

Caprimulgiformes

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





[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)

Various Red-legged Partridges

Galliformes

Place: Lepe, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.




Place: Exbury Gardens, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.














Place: Gresham Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.










Place: Blickling Estate, Norfolk
Date: 26 September 2021.


Place: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
Date: 27 March 2022.



[Alectoris rufa, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-legged partridge]

The sound of the red-legged partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Mandarin Ducks in the Peak District

Anseriformes

Place: Wolfscote Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 26 May 2021.












Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.






Place: Cressbrook, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 10 February 2022.





[Aix galericulata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mandarin duck]

The sound of the mandarin duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Darrell-Lambert)

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

Bengalese Finch

Passeriformes #3

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






[Lonchura striata domestica, Family Estrildidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Society finch]

The sound of the Bengalese finch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bo Shunqi)

Various Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Piciformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 October 2018.




Place: Chartwell, Westerham, Kent
Date: 22 January 2019.



Place: Leith Hill Tower, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.



Place: Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Date: 1 November 2021.



Place: Anglian Water Bird Watching Centre, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.


[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

The sound of the great spotted woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Kermadec Petrel (Stuffed Specimen)

Procellariiformes

Place: Grosvenor Museum, Chester
Date: 9 October 2021.



[Pterodroma neglecta, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Kermadec petrel]

The sound of the Kermadec petrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Todd Mark)

Magellan Horned Owl

Strigiformes

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




[Bubo magellanicus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser horned owl]

The sound of the Magellan horned owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ignacio Escobar)

Hidden Corncrake Call

Gruiformes

Place: Backpackers Hostel, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 11 June 2022.


Place: Backpackers Hostel, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 12 June 2022.

Place: Oronsay Priory, Oronsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.


[Crex crex, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Corn crake]

The sound of the corncrake (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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