Category Archives: Britain

Welsh Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Parc Slip, Tondu
Date: 17 November 2018.





Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 March 2020.









[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

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

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

Bengal Eagle Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Royal Welsh Show, Builth Wells
Date: 23 July 2019.





[Bubo bengalensis, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Indian eagle-owl]

The sound of the Bengal eagle owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Sacred Ibis

Pelecaniformes

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


[Threskiornis aethiopicus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: African sacred ibis]

The sound of the sacred ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

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

Various Shovelers

Anseriformes

Place: Sir Peter Scott Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.




Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.




Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 27 September 2019.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 28 September 2019.







Place: West Viewing Platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.


[Spatula clypeata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern shoveler]

The sound of the shoveler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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

Sand Martin

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.




[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

Various Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Arlington Court near Barnstaple, Devon
Date: 27 June 2009.


Place: Orgiva, near Granada, Andalucia
Date: 8 June 2015.


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









Place: Hinton Ampner estate, Hampshire
Date: 7 April 2017.






[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Sedge Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ath Mhor, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2019.












[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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

Gannets on St.Kilda

Suliformes

Place: Stac Lee, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.






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













[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

The sound of the gannet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Kittiwakes from Scotland

Charadriiformes

Place: Coastline from Belhaven Bay to Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.






Place: Dunbar Harbour, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.






Place: Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.




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


Place: Mull of Galloway, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.




[Rissa tridactyla, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-legged kittiwake]

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

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