Category Archives: Britain

Oystercatcher Tai Chi

Charadriiformes

Place: Tobermory Lighthouse, Mull, Scotland
Date: 18 June 2022.



Place: Dunagoil Vitrified Fort, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2022.


[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

More Selected Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.


Place: Newborough, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.




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



Place: Camping Silvercraigs, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.



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



Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2022.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

House Martin Nests

Passeriformes #1

Place: Uppark House, West Sussex
Date: 7 April 2017.







Place: Sezincote House, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
Date: 29 July 2021.






[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

Young Band-bellied Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Swansea Bay, Swansea, South Wales
Date: 2 July 2022.



[Pulsatrix melanota, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Band-bellied owl]

The sound of the band-bellied owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Elvis Felipe Quintero)

Various Great White Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: Ropes Hide, Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Lows Hide, Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Lake near screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.






Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 30 July 2022.


Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 October 2022.



Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 2023.




[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

Razorbill

Charadriiformes

Place: River Tay, Dundee, Scotland
Date: 13 September 2021.





Place: Llangrannog, Ceredigion
Date: 4 March 2022.



Place: Stackpole Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.





Place: Landing North Haven, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.




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

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Selected Black-tailed Godwits

Charadriiformes

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















Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 16 April 2022.










Place: Woodbridge, Suffolk
Date: 1 October 2022.








Place: Orford Quay, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.





[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

Lapwings

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 3 August 2018.






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


Place: RSPB Loch Na Muilne, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.


Place: Dinas Dinlle, near Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Date: 8 December 2020.





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








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


Place: Greylake RSPB, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.


Place: RSPB Gruinart, Islay, Scotland
Date: 9 June 2022.



[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

Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Date: 14 May 2016.



Place: Castelo Sesimbra, Setubal district, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.


Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.



Place: Innsbruck, Austria
Date: 18 August 2019.


Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path near Manorbier
Date: 21 July 2020.


Place: Coast path south of St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 16 July 2021.



Place: Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Date: 3 November 2021.



Place: Tarbert Castle, Argyll, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2022.



Place: Cosmeston Lakes Medieval Village, Penarth
Date: 10 October 2022.



[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock dove]

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

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

Selected Mute Swans, Part 2

Anseriformes

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



Place: Greylake RSPB, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.


Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 16 April 2022.


Place: Belleek, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Date: 31 August 2022.



Place: Kensington Gardens, London
Date: 26 October 2022.



Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2023.


Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 2023.



Place: River Severn near Worcester, Worcestershire
Date: 30 March 2023.



[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