Category Archives: Britain

Oystercatchers

Charadriiformes

Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 11 August 2016.


Place: Blakeney Point, Norfolk
Dates: 1 September 2015.


Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Dates: 30 April 2016.


[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

Hovering Kestrel

Falconiformes

Place: Tintagel, Cornwall
Dates: 29 August 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).

Juvenile Arctic Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Dates: 2 August 2009.


[Sterna paradisaea, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Arctic tern]

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

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

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 29 January 2017.






[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

The sound of the great spotted woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Pochard

Anseriformes

Place: Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels
Dates: 10 March 2013.


[Aythya ferina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pochard]

The sound of the pochard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

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

Magpies Sheltering from the Rain

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 26 December 2014.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 1 August 2016.






[Pica pica, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie]

The sound of the magpie (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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

House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2016.




Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 13 August 2016.





Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dates: 19 April 2014.




[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

Heronry

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm between Asda car park and Coryton railway cutting
Dates: 19 January 2017.








Place: Swell Wood RSPB nature reserve, Somerset
Dates: 25 May 2013.




[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

Shoveler

Anseriformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.




[Anas clypeata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern shoveler]

The sound of the shoveler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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