Category Archives: Britain

Reed Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Dungeness RSPB, Kent
Dates: 3 July 2016.


[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Smew

Anseriformes

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




[Mergellus albellus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Smew]

The sound of the smew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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

Gannet in Flight

Suliformes

Place: Ferry from Gill’s Bay, Caithness, to St. Margaret’s Hope, Orkney Islands
Dates: 21 July 2017.


[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

The sound of the gannet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Skomer Short-eared Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Rocky outcrop east of farm, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.



[Asio flammeus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Short-eared owl]

The sound of the short-eared owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Daniel Lane)

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

Skomer Meadow Pipits

Passeriformes #3

Place: Moory Mere, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.





[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).

Feeding Parakeets in Hyde Park

Psittaciformes

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






[Psittacula krameri, Family Psittaculidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rose-ringed parakeet]

The sound of the rose-ringed parakeet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the rose-ringed parakeet across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Common Redshank

Charadriiformes

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





Place: Arnside estuary, Cumbria
Dates: 8 February 2017.



Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Dates: 5 August 2017.






[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

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

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

Wood Duck

Anseriformes

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







[Aix sponsa, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Wood duck]

The sound of the wood duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Russ Wigh)

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

Orkney Fulmars

Procellariiformes

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








Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.


Place: Mull Head, Deerness, Orkney mainland
Dates: 24 July 2017.




[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).

Female Stonechat

Passeriformes #2

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




Place: Ring of Brodgar, Orkney mainland
Dates: 22 July 2017.





Place: Monk Haven, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 10 May 2017.



Place: Port Eynon, Gower peninsula
Dates: 14 September 2017.




[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African stonechat]

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

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