Category Archives: Britain

Kittiwake

Charadriiformes

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Dates: 11/12 May 2017.




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


Place: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dates: 16 July 2017.






[Rissa tridactyla, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-legged kittiwake]

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

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

Barnacle Goose

Anseriformes

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




[Branta leucopsis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barnacle goose]

The sound of the barnacle goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Willem-Pier Vellinga)

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

Skomer Linnets

Passeriformes #3

Place: North Stream valley, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.




Place: Skomer between farm and North Haven
Dates: 11 May 2017.




[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

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

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

Sparrows Gorging on Berries

Passeriformes #3

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 27 August 2017.




Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 2 September 2017.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 5 September 2017.









[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Scottish Razorbills

Charadriiformes

Place: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dates: 16 July 2017.



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








[Alca torda, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Razorbill]

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Rock Pipit

Passeriformes #3

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






[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian rock pipit]

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

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

Local Green Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 24 August 2017.








[Picus viridis, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: European green woodpecker]

The sound of the green woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Juvenile Raven

Passeriformes #1

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

Plumed Whistling Duck

Anseriformes

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









[Dendrocygna eytoni, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Plumed whistling duck]

The sound of the plumed whistling duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nigel Jackett)

Skomer Wren

Passeriformes #2

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





[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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