Category Archives: Britain

Orkney Puffins No.1

Charadriiformes

Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.






















[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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

More Buzzards

Accipitriformes

Place: Llangybi, Monmouthshire
Dates: 20 January 2017.





Place: Near Calella de Palafrugell, Costa Brava
Dates: 18 June 2016.




Place: Durness, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland
Dates: 25 July 2017.






[Buteo buteo, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common buzzard]

The sound of the buzzard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

More British Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 24 June 2016.



Place: Afon Mawddach near Dolgellau, Gwynedd
Dates: 19 January 2014.


Place: Eden Project, Cornwall
Dates: 25 April 2015.



Place: Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
Dates: 14 September 2016.


Place: Caerphilly Commons, Caerphilly
Dates: 6 May 2017.





Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.


[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).

White-faced Whistling Duck

Anseriformes

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






[Dendrocygna viduata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-faced whistling duck]

The sound of the white-faced whistling duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Distribution and sightings of the white-faced whistling duck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Redwing

Passeriformes #2

Place: Croft Castle, Herefordshire
Dates: 25 October 2017.








[Turdus iliacus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Redwing]

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

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

Blue Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Dates: 25 March 2016.





Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.


Place: St. Jeannet, Alpes-Maritimes , France
Dates: 22 May 2017.



[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Great Crested Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Dates: 5 January 2017.




Place: Llandegfedd reservoir, Monmouthshire
Dates: 27 April 2017.






Place: Hyde Park, London
Dates: 7 July 2017.


[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

The sound of the great crested grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Wood Pigeon Taking a Shower

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 13 September 2017.




[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

Forest Farm Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 3 October 2016.



Place: Warden Centre, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 8 October 2016.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 October 2016.




Place: Warden Centre, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 26 October 2016.


Place: Warden Centre, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 4 November 2016.



Place: Warden Centre, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 7 October 2017.



[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

Skomer Guillemots

Charadriiformes

Place: North Haven, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.



Place: The Neck, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.


Place: North Haven, Skomer
Dates: 13 May 2017.







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

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Andrew Carter)

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