Category Archives: Britain

Little Egret at Forest Farm

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.








Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2021.





[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

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

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

Tufted Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 1 March 2017.



Place: London Wetlands WWT
Date: 9 July 2017.










Place: Fleetwood Marsh Nature Park, Fleetwood, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.




[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

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

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

Coot with Young

Gruiformes

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




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








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





[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

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

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

Selected Grey Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: River Tummel, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.




Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.



Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.



[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

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

Linnets from Northumbria

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lindisfarne, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.




Place: Coast South of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.





Place: Coast South of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 8 June 2021.


[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

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

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

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anseriformes

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







[Anser albifrons, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greater white-fronted goose]

The sound of the greater white-fronted goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

Distribution and sightings of the greater white-fronted goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the greater white-fronted goose across the British Isles

Various Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 23 April 2019.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.






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








Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2020.



[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian nuthatch]

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

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

Great Skuas on Noss

Charadriiformes

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.





























[Stercorarius skua, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great skua]

The sound of the great skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Jackdaw Couple on Chimney

Passeriformes #1

Place: Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.







[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Selected Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

Place: Chapel, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.


Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.



Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2021.



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



Place: Hillend, Gower
Date: 31 May 2021.


Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.


Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.


[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

The sound of the blackbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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