Category Archives: Britain

Meadow Pipit on Lundy

Passeriformes #3

Place: Upper East Side Path north of Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.





Place: Main Path North of 1/4 Wall, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.






[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]

The sound of the meadow pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Eetu Paljakka)

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

Robin Taking a Sunbath

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 June 2021.



[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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

Young Dipper Begging to be Fed

Passeriformes #2

Place: Wolfscote Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire #1
Date: 26 May 2021.














Place: Wolfscote Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire #2
Date: 26 May 2021.











[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

The sound of the dipper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Goldfinch Gorging on Thistle Seeds

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Man of Storr, Trotternish, Isle of Skye
Date: 3 September 2021.








[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

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

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

Kittiwakes on the Farne Islands

Charadriiformes

Place: Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.



Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.






Place: Cullernose Point, south of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.



[Rissa tridactyla, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-legged kittiwake]

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

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

Garden Warbler

Passeriformes #1

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






[Sylvia borin, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Garden warbler]

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

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

Merlin at Goldcliff Lagoons

Falconiformes

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



[Falco columbarius, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Merlin (bird)]

The sound of the merlin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tayler Brooks)

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

Juvenile Willow Warbler

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lews Castle grounds, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.





[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Young Stonechat

Passeriformes #2

Place: St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.










[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European stonechat]

The sound of the stonechat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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