Category Archives: Britain

Young Herring Gull Eating Crab

Charadriiformes

Place: Gairloch harbour, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 8 September 2021.






[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Kingfishers from Elsewhere

Coraciiformes

Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 27 September 2019.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 August 2020.







Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 July 2021.


Place: Normanton Church, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.






[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Harris’s Hawk

Accipitriformes

Place: Shieldaig Falconry, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.


[Parabuteo unicinctus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Harris’s hawk]

The sound of Harris’s hawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Manuel Grosselet)

Distribution and sightings of Harris’s hawk across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of Harris's hawk across the British Isles

Selected Collared Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 28 May 2020.






Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 October 2020.




Place: Melin Tregwynt, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.



[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

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

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

Selected Pheasants

Galliformes

Place: Cemlyn, Anglesey, North Wales
Date: 22 September 2020.




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


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


Place: Gresham Hall, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.



Place: Powis Castle, Powys, Mid Wales
Date: 7 October 2021.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2021.


[Phasianus colchicus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pheasant]

The sound of the pheasant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Gadwall

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 May 2021.




Place: RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire
Date: 8 October 2021.




Place: Normanton Church, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.







Place: Man Sands, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.




[Mareca strepera, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Gadwall]

The sound of the gadwall (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

South African Shelduck

Anseriformes

Place: Blakeney, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.





[Tadorna cana, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: South African shelduck]

The sound of the South African shelduck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tony Archer)

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

More Local Redwings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 February 2021.





Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2022.





[Turdus iliacus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Redwing]

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

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

Long-tailed Tit Behind the Pine Needles

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bourton House Garden, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
Date: 29 July 2021.









[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

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

Lesser Black-backed Gulls on Flatholm

Charadriiformes

Place: Flatholm, Bristol Channel
Date: 21 July 2018.







[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

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

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed gull across the British Isles