Place: Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 18 June 2018.
[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]
The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)
Distribution and sightings of the swallow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Hagdale Horse Mill, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.
If you remember certain nature programmes showing a bird pretending to be injured to lure a would-be predator away from the nest, that’s what’s happening here: the ringed plover was writhing on the ground with an outstretched wing, then sat up, looking if I took the bait, and continued to play-act until I was sufficiently far away from its nest.
[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]
The sound of the ringed plover (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)
Distribution and sightings of the ringed plover across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Abereiddy and Porthgain
Date: 20 July 2018.
[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]
The sound of the peregrine falcon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)
Distribution and sightings of the peregrine falcon across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Lindisfarne, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.
[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]
The sound of the linnet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)
Distribution and sightings of the linnet across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Sandwick, Yell, Shetland Islands
Date: 14 June 2018.
[Gavia immer, Family Gaviidae, Order Gaviiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common loon]
The sound of the great northern diver (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lance A. M. Benner)
Distribution and sightings of the great northern diver across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Edzell Castle, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.
Place: Edzell Castle, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.
[Passer montanus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian tree sparrow]
The sound of the tree sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)
Distribution and sightings of the tree sparrow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Loch Faskally, Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 6 June 2018.
[Bucephala clangula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Goldeneye (duck)]
The sound of the goldeneye (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the goldeneye across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Tomnaverie Stone Circle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.
Place: Montrose Basin, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.
[Emberiza citrinella, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellowhammer]
The sound of the yellowhammer (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the yellowhammer across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.
[Stercorarius parasiticus, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Parasitic jaeger]
The sound of the Arctic skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lauri Hallikainen)
Distribution and sightings of the Arctic skua across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 5 February 2018.
Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.
Place: Seaton Wetlands, Devon
Date: 14 March 2018.
[Limosa limosa, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-tailed godwit]
The sound of the black-tailed godwit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the black-tailed godwit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
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