Category Archives: Britain

Brent Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.






Place: Broad Sands, Torbay, Devon
Date: 27 January 2022.







[Branta bernicla, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brant (goose)]

The sound of the brent goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Mute Swans Feeding on Seaweed

Anseriformes

Place: Durgan beach, Helford River, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.





Place: Torquay, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.


Place: Shaldon, Devon
Date: 28 January 2022.



[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Barn Swallow on the Nest

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ilam Hall, Peak District, Staffordshire
Date: 25 May 2021.





Place: St. Helen’s Church, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.


Place: St. Helen’s Church, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.



[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]

The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Ravens on Lundy

Passeriformes #1

Place: Pigsties in Brick Field, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.







Place: Field North of Water Tanks, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.


Place: Battery Point, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.


[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

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

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

More Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 23 October 2021.



Place: Lyndon Wildlife Trust, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.



Place: Sharkham Point, Brixham, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.



[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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

Grey Partridge (Stuffed Specimen)

Galliformes

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



[Perdix perdix, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey partridge]

The sound of the grey partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Michal Jezierski)

Distribution of the grey partridge across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution of the grey partridge across the British Isles

Kestrel near Lindisfarne Castle

Falconiformes

Place: Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumbria
Date: 10 June 2021.















[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]

The sound of the kestrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

More Teals

Anseriformes

Place: Calshot, New Forest
Date: 27 December 2020.




Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.


Place: Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire
Date: 24 September 2021.






Place: Northern Wetlands, Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 11 November 2021.





Place: Lake near Screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 21 February 2022.



Place: Lake near Screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 24 February 2022.


Place: Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.



[Anas crecca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian teal]

The sound of the teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Great White Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: Oxbow Lake near Dinefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire
Date: 2 May 2021.








Place: Hambleton Peninsula, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.





Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.





Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 22 November 2021.










[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

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

Greylag Goose with Chicks

Anseriformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 7 July 2017.





Place: Claydon Manor, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.



Place: Ravenspoint, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 8 June 2019.




Place: Lakeside View, Kielder reservoir, Northumbria
Date: 7 June 2021.




[Anser anser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greylag goose]

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

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