Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.
[Pterorhinus (Dryonastes) courtoisi, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-crowned laughingthrush]
Category Archives: Britain
Asian Brown Wood Owl
Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.
[Strix leptogrammica, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brown wood owl]
The sound of the Asian brown wood owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Farrell)
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.
[Tockus deckeni, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Von der Decken’s hornbill]
The sound of Von der Decken’s hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Young White-tailed Eagle
Place: Shieldaig, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 7 September 2021.
[Haliaeetus albicilla, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-tailed eagle]
The sound of the white-tailed eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)
Distribution and sightings of the white-tailed eagle across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Kingfisher Flitting from Pillar to Post
Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2022.
[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).
Selected Little Egrets, Part 2
Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.
Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.
Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.
Place: Llanfairfechan beach, North Wales
Date: 30 September 2020.
Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.
Place: Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.
Place: Orford Quay, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.
Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.
Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2023.
[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]
The sound of the little egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)
Distribution and sightings of the little egret across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Selected Little Egrets, Part 1
Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.
Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 February 2018.
Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 11 April 2018.
Place: Harnham Water Meadows, Salisbury
Date: 24 December 2018.
Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.
Place: Gialova Lagoon, Messenia, Greece
Date: 10 September 2019.
Place: Kalogera Lagoon, Achaia, Greece
Date: 15 September 2019.
Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]
The sound of the little egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)
Distribution and sightings of the little egret across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Dodo Skeleton
Place: Natural History Museum, London
Date: 26 October 2022.
[Raphus cucullatus†, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dodo]
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.
[Irena puella, Family Irenidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Asian fairy-bluebird]
Capercaillie (Stuffed Specimen)
Place: Shrewsbury Museum, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Date: 4 December 2021.
[Tetrao urogallus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western capercaillie]
The sound of the capercaillie (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hannu Varkki)
Distribution of the capercaillie across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 