Category Archives: Britain

Deceased Manx Shearwater

Procellariiformes

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



Place: Wick Valley, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.


Place: North Stream valley, Skomer
Dates: 13 May 2017.





[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).

Young Chaffinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 10 August 2016.



[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Common Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Fort George, Inverness-shire
Dates: 18 July 2017.









Place: Lamb Holm, Orkney Mainland
Dates: 21 July 2017.



Place: Marwick Head, Orkney Mainland
Dates: 21 July 2017.


[Larus canus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common gull]

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

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

Common Crane

Gruiformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.







[Grus grus, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common crane]

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

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

Magpie Goose

Anseriformes

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


[Anseranas semipalmata, Family Anseranatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Magpie goose]

The sound of the magpie goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Krzysztof Deoniziak)

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

House Martin Building a Nest

Passeriformes #1

Place: Gill’s Bay, Caithness, Highlands
Dates: 21 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).

Great Skua

Charadriiformes

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





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


Place: Mull Head, Deerness, Orkney Mainland
Dates: 23 July 2017.







Place: RSPB Hobbister, Orkney Mainland
Dates: 23 July 2017.


[Stercorarius skua, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great skua]

The sound of the great skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Willow Warbler

Passeriformes #2

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





[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Black Guillemot

Charadriiformes

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





[Cepphus grylle, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black guillemot]

The sound of the black guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hugh Harrop)

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

Magellan Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.



[Chloephaga picta leucoptera, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Upland goose]

The sound of the Magellan goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lance A. M. Benner)