Category Archives: Britain

Short-eared Owl on North Uist

Strigiformes

Place: Road east of Sollas, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.






Place: Committee Road south of Sollas, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 16 June 2019.




[Asio flammeus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Short-eared owl]

The sound of the short-eared owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Lane)

Distribution and sightings of the short-eared owl across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the short-eared owl across the British Isles

Various Redshanks

Charadriiformes

Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 5 February 2018.







Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.



Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 11 April 2018.


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




Place: Seahouses, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.


Place: Amoreira Beach, south-western coast of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.





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


[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

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

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

Emerald Dove

Columbiformes

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.



[Chalcophaps indica, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common emerald dove]

The sound of the emerald dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Forest Farm Buzzards

Accipitriformes

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 August 2018.



Place: Lower Meadows near Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.








Place: Lower Meadows near Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 December 2018.



Place: Longwood Nature Reserve Ridge, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.



[Buteo buteo, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common buzzard]

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

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

Canada Geese on Bardsey Island

Anseriformes

Place: Pwll Cain, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.





Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.




[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

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

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

Collared Hill-partridge

Galliformes

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












[Arborophila gingica, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-necklaced partridge]

The sound of the collared hill-partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Brian Cox)

Red-and-yellow Barbet

Piciformes

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.




[Trachyphonus erythrocephalus, Family Lybiidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-and-yellow barbet]

The sound of the red-and-yellow barbet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Local Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 16 January 2017.






Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2018.


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




Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.


[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Various Rooks

Passeriformes #1

Place: Perth, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2018.




Place: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Date: 30 December 2019.








Place: Lulworth Cove, Dorset
Date: 10 March 2020.









[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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

Perched Grey Heron Preening

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 August 2017.










[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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