Category Archives: Britain

?Tree Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Henson Woods, near Welsh St.Donats, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 14 September 2020.



[Anthus trivialis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tree pipit]

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

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

Welsh House Martins

Passeriformes #1

Place: Farm House, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.




Place: Lighthouse, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.



Place: Walled Garden, Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.





[Delichon urbicum, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common house martin]

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

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

?Sparrowhawk Flying over Bardsey

Accipitriformes

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.


[Accipiter nisus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian sparrowhawk]

The sound of the sparrowhawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sophie Neill)

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

Mute Swans and Cygnets

Anseriformes

Place: Bosherton Lakes, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.






Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.



Place: Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal near Pencelli, Brecon, Powys
Date: 29 August 2020.





[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

More Great White Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: Tower Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.




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



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 7 August 2020.










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

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

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

Young Razorbill

Charadriiformes

Place: Llaneilian Porth, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.








[Alca torda, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Razorbill]

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

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

Black-tailed Godwits

Charadriiformes

Place: Lytham Hall, Lytham, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.







Place: Ribble Estuary, Lytham, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.






Place: Meare Heath, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.



Place: Low Newton-by-the Sea, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.





[Limosa limosa, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-tailed godwit]

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

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

Various Lapwing

Charadriiformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.






Place: Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 11 October 2016.





Place: Morecambe Bay, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.


Place: Seaton Wetlands, Devon
Date: 14 March 2018.



Place: Low Newton-by-the Sea, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.


[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

Pigeon Chick in Egg

Columbiformes

Place: Canterbury, Kent
Date: 9 March 2013.



[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Feral pigeon]

The sound of the feral pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Phoenix Birder)

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

Pintail

Anseriformes

Place: Heron’s Wing Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.




Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.



[Anas acuta, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern pintail]

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

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