Category Archives: Britain

Juvenile House Martin

Passeriformes #1

Place: Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dates: 14 July 2017.





[Delichon urbicum, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common house martin]

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

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

Skomer Ravens

Passeriformes #1

Place: South Plateau, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.


Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.



[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Canada Goose at Radyr Weir

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff at Rady Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 19 November 2017.








[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

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

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

Various Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Cleeve Abbey, Somerset
Dates: 10 October 2014.


Place: Clovelly, Devon
Dates: 17 February 2013.



Place: Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Dates: 6 September 2015.


Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Dates: 2 July 2016.


Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.


Place: Uppark House, West Sussex
Dates: 7 April 2017.


[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Various Little Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: River Ouse near Southdowns YHA
Dates: 14 September 2016.



Place: Amarapura, Myanmar
Dates: 8 April 2013.



Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Dates: 25 May 2016.


Place: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Dates: 22 June 2016.


Place: Oristano, Sardinia
Dates: 17 June 2017.


[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).

Forest Farm Little Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 12 January 2018.





Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 25 January 2018.






[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

Tufted Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.







[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

The sound of the tufted duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

White-naped Crane

Gruiformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Dates: 9 July 2017.






[Antigone vipio, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-naped crane]

The sound of the white-naped crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Gallardy)

Welsh Wheatears

Passeriformes #2

Place: Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 10 May 2017.



Place: Deer Park near Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.





Place: Sker Point near Porthcawl
Dates: 2 September 2017.


[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

The sound of the wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Treecreeper

Passeriformes #2

Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 14 January 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).