Category Archives: Britain

Azure-winged Magpie

Passeriformes #1

Place: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Dates: 16 August 2016.






[Cyanopica cyanus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Azure-winged magpie]

The sound of the azure-winged magpie (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Anon Torimi)

Spotted Flycatcher

Passeriformes #2

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




[Muscicapa striata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted flycatcher]

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

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

Skomer Little Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Wall west of farm, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.















[Athene noctua, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little owl]

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

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

Grey Heron Wiggling Its Body

Pelecaniformes

Place: Crumlin canal between Newport and Risca
Dates: 8 April 2017.





[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Puffin

Charadriiformes

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








Place: Welsh Way, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 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 Forest Farm Kingfishers

Coraciiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 22 November 2016, 8 January 2017, 11 February 2017, 14 March 2017.

A continuation of Kingfisher Central.


22 November 2016

8 January 2017

11 February 2017

14 March 2017

[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Common Sandpiper

Charadriiformes

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




[Actitis hypoleucos, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common sandpiper]

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

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

Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Reading Services (M4), Berkshire
Dates: 24 January 2017.






[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

Canada Geese with Young

Anseriformes

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

More Kestrels

Falconiformes

Place: Taranto, Puglia, Italy
Dates: 11 June 2016.





Place: Riverside Countrypark, Gillingham, Kent
Dates: 4 July 2016.





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


[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]

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

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