Category Archives: Britain

Tawny Owl Chicks

Strigiformes

Place: Avalon Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.








[Strix aluco, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tawny owl]

The sound of the tawny owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Christoph Bock)

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

Skokholm Shags

Suliformes

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



Place: The Stack, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.




Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.



Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.



[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Alex Lees)

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

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Durley, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.







[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

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

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

Somerset Levels Mute Swans

Anseriformes

Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 10 October 2016.







Place: Noah’s Lake, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: Glastonbury Canal, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: Lake Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.



Place: North Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: Path between car park and Viridor Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.





[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Forest Farm Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2017.



Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.






Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 April 2018.


[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Leucistic Blackbird

Passeriformes #2

Place: Blackpool Mill, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.



[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

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

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

More Deceased Manx Shearwaters

Procellariiformes

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


Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


Place: Near Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


Place: Winter Pond, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


Place: Path from The Neck to the farm, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


[Puffinus puffinus, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Manx shearwater]

The sound of the Manx shearwater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Grant Sherman)

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

Reed Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Path between Lake Hide and North Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.






[Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian reed warbler]

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

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

Bar-headed Goose

Anseriformes

Place: St. James’s Park, London
Date: 2 March 2018.




[Anser indicus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Bar-headed goose]

The sound of the bar-headed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Distribution and sightings of the bar-headed goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Skokholm Guillemots

Charadriiformes

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



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



Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.






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



Place: Twinlet Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.



[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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