Category Archives: Britain

Osprey at Fishlake Meadows

Accipitriformes

Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.

















[Pandion haliaetus, Family Pandionidae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Osprey]

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

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

Spotted Dove

Columbiformes

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






[Spilopelia chinensis, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted dove]

The sound of the spotted dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ray Tsu 诸仁)

Black Guillemot on Bute

Charadriiformes

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



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




Place: Rothesay Harbour, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.




Place: Rothesay Harbour, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2022.








[Cepphus grylle, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black guillemot]

The sound of the black guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hugh Harrop)

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

Pochard at Ham Wall

Anseriformes

Place: Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.




[Aythya ferina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pochard]

The sound of the pochard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

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

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Swansea Bay, South Wales
Date: 2 July 2022.





[Glaucidium brasilianum, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ferruginous pygmy owl]

The sound of the ferruginous pygmy owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Brayan Coral Jaramillo)

Red-breasted Mergansers

Anseriformes

Place: Scalpsie Bay, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2022.















[Mergus serrator, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted merganser]

The sound of the red-breasted merganser (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Southern Ground Hornbill in a Tree

Bucerotiformes

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






[Bucorvus leadbeateri, Family Bucorvidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern ground hornbill]

The sound of the southern ground hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Coraciiformes

Place: Swansea Bay, South Wales
Date: 2 July 2022.




[Dacelo leachii, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-winged kookaburra]

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

Selected Red Kites in Flight

Accipitriformes

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





Place: Basildon Park, Berkshire
Date: 5 March 2019.






Place: Pitton Cross, Gower
Date: 16 July 2019.






Place: Chieveley services, M4 motorway
Date: 10 October 2020.





Place: Strata Florida, Ceredigion
Date: 24 November 2020.








[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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

Coal Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Ynys-hir visitor centre, Ceredigion
Date: 22 November 2020.


Place: Benmore Botanical Garden, Argyll, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.



[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]

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

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