Category Archives: Britain

More Forest Farm Jays

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 October 2017.





Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 December 2017.



Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.



Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2018.




Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.



Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.




[Garrulus glandarius, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian jay]

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

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

Fulmar in Flight

Procellariiformes

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 17 June 2018.




[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)

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

Peacock

Galliformes

Place: Newark Park, Gloucestershire
Date: 2 August 2018.




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

The sound of the peacock (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sreekumar Chirukandoth)

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

Various Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Albert Dock, Liverpool
Date: 16 April 2018.


Place: St.Nicholas Church Gardens, Liverpool
Date: 18 April 2018.


Place: Farm building, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.



Place: Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.




Place: Stirling, Scotland
Date: 5 June 2018.



Place: Haltwhistle campsite , Northumbria
Date: 30 June 2018.


Place: Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 18 July 2018.


[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

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

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

Shetland Common Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Grutness, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.




Place: Braewick Cafe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.



[Larus canus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common gull]

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

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

Sanderling

Charadriiformes

Place: Minn Beach, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.












Place: Norwick, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.








[Calidris alba, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sanderling]

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

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

Muscovy Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Swanbourne Lake, Arundel, West Sussex
Date: 18 March 2017.




[Cairina moschata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Muscovy duck]

The sound of the Muscovy duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nunes D’Acosta)

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

Skokholm / Skomer Meadow Pipits

Passeriformes #3

Place: Mad Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1-2 May 2018.







Place: The Well, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.



Place: South Stream Valley, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.







[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]

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

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

Blackcap

Passeriformes #1

Place: Weobley Castle, Gower
Date: 9 August 2018.








[Sylvia atricapilla, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blackcap]

The sound of the blackcap (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Singing Robins

Passeriformes #2

Place: Biddulph Grange Garden, Staffordshire
Date: 12 March 2016.


Place: Campsite near Woolacombe, Devon
Date: 1 September 2016.



Place: Watersmeet, Devon
Date: 1 September 2016.


Place: Wakehurst Royal Botanic Gardens, East Sussex
Date: 21 March 2017.


[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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