Category Archives: Britain

Black-winged Stilt

Charadriiformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.




[Himantopus himantopus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged stilt]

The sound of the black-winged stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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

Selected Little Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: The Loons RSPB, Orkney Mainland
Date: 21 July 2017.


Place: Lydiard Park near Swindon, Wiltshire
Date: 4 December 2017.


Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.



Place: Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.




Place: Roonivoolin Trail, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.






[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

More Fieldfares

Passeriformes #2

Place: Llynn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Date: 22 October 2022.














[Turdus pilaris, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Fieldfare]

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

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

Sand Martin Nests

Passeriformes #1

Place: The Machair, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.






Place: Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.





[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

More Choughs from Pembrokeshire

Passeriformes #1

Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.



Place: St.Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 8 May 2022.


Place: Bull Hole, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.







Place: Coast Path South of Whitesands Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 13 August 2022.




Place: Penally Firing Range, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Date: 14 August 2022.















[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

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

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

Northern Bald Ibis

Pelecaniformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.







[Geronticus eremita, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern bald ibis]

The sound of the northern bald ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

American Barn Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.




[Tyto furcata, Family Tytonidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: American barn owl]

The sound of the American barn owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist András Schmidt)

Greenshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.



[Tringa nebularia, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common greenshank]

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

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

Selected Dunlins

Charadriiformes

Place: Chesil Beach Centre, Portland, Dorset
Date: 8 March 2020.





Place: Whiteford Beach, Gower
Date: 15 June 2021.












Place: Caerfai Bay, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.







Place: Omey Island, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 3 September 2022.













[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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

Grey Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.









[Pluvialis squatarola, Family Pluvialidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey plover]

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

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