Category Archives: Britain

Cape Robin-chat

Passeriformes #2

Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.





[Cossypha caffra, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cape robin-chat]

The sound of the Cape robin-chat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Siskin in the Mist Nets

Passeriformes #3

Place: Mist nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.






[Spinus spinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian siskin]

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

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

Peregrine at Goldcliff Lagoons

Falconiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 30 November 2019.








Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.









[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

The sound of the peregrine (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Spoonbill

Pelecaniformes

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 13 July 2020.

















[Platalea leucorodia, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian spoonbill]

The sound of the spoonbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Gary Elton)

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

Great Skua on St.Kilda

Charadriiformes

Place: Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.









Place: Stac an Armin, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.









[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

Ringed Plovers from Wales

Charadriiformes

Place: Broughton Bay, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.




Place: Porthdinllaen, Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.




Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.





[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

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

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

Avocets at Goldcliff Lagoons

Charadriiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 13 July 2020.








[Recurvirostra avosetta, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied avocet]

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

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

Juvenile Moorhen

Gruiformes

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







Place: Zaragoza, Spain
Date: 21 June 2016.








Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 2016.



[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Peafowl

Galliformes

Place: Schloss Ambras near Innsbruck, Austria
Date: 18 August 2019.




Place: Brownsea Island, Dorset
Date: 5 August 2020.



[Pavo cristatus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Indian peafowl]

The sound of the peafowl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Rajgopal Patil)

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