Category Archives: Britain

Little Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.










Place: Cardiff Bay
Dates: 5 January 2017.



[Tachybaptus rufficollis, 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).

Female Bullfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 November 2016.










[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

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

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

Rook

Passeriformes #1

Place: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Dates: 30 January 2015.


Place: Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire
Dates: 4 March 2016.


Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Dates: 5 May 2016.




[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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

Fighting Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 February 2017.





[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

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

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

Black-winged Kite

Accipitriformes

Place: Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly
Dates: 30 July 2016.



[Elanus caeruleus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged kite]

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

Diamond Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Dates: 16 August 2016.




[Geopelia cuneata, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Diamond dove]

The sound of the diamond dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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

Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 16 January 2017.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 30 January 2017.



Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 12 February 2017.




[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

Distribution and sightings of the long-tailed tit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Pintail

Anseriformes

Place: Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire
Dates: 9 February 2017.










[Anas acuta, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern pintail]

The sound of the pintail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernand Deroussen)

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

Redwing

Passeriformes #2

Place: Whitworth Park, Manchester
Dates: 7 February 2017.





[Turdus iliacus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Redwing]

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

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

Fulmar

Procellariiformes

Place: Tintagel, Cornwall
Dates: 29 August 2016.








[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).