Category Archives: Britain

Still More Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Ynis Dinas, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.


Place: Doune Castle, Stirling, Scotland
Date: 6 June 2018.






[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Whitethroats

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kenfig Nature Reserve, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 15 May 2018.



Place: St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.



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




Place: Whiteford Sands, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.


[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

Golden Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Sker Point near Porthcawl, South Wales
Date: 14 November 2018.














[Pluvialis apricaria, Family Pluvialidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European golden plover]

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

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

Forest Farm Kingfishers 2018, Part 2

Coraciiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 27 September 2018, 11 October 2018, 26 October 2018, 30 October 2018, 10 November 2018, 13 November 2018.

A continuation of Kingfisher Central, More Forest Farm Kingfishers and Still More Forest Farm Kingfishers.


27 September 2018, Bird hide #2

11 October 2018, Bird hide #2

26 October 2018, Bird hide #2

30 October 2018, Bird hide #1

10 November 2018, Bird hide #2

13 November 2018, Bird hide #2

16 December 2018, Bird hide #1

[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Forest Farm Kingfishers 2018, Part 1

Coraciiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 5 January 2018, 14 January 2018, 17 January 2018, 31 January 2018, 5 March 2018, 16 March 2018, 26 March 2018, 23 July 2018.

A continuation of Kingfisher Central, More Forest Farm Kingfishers and Still More Forest Farm Kingfishers.


5 January 2018, Bird hide #2

14 January 2018, Glamorganshire Canal

17 January 2018, Glamorganshire Canal

31 January 2018, Bird hide #2

5 March 2018, Bird hide #1

16 March 2018, Bird hide #1

26 March 2018, Bird hide #1

23 July 2018, Bird hide #1

[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Chestnut Teal

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.



[Anas castanea, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chestnut teal]

The sound of the chestnut teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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

Forest Farm Treecreepers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2018.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2018.



[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Dipper

Passeriformes #2

Place: Aberdulais Falls, Neath Valley
Date: 31 May 2018.











[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

Various Skylark

Passeriformes #1

Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.



Place: Gower Peninsula near Arthur’s Stone
Date: 10 May 2018.





Place: Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.


[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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

Lesser Black-backed Gull Chicks

Charadriiformes

Place: Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland
Date: 25 June 2018.











[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles