Category Archives: Britain

European Eagle Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Dates: 4 July 2016.



[Bubo bubo, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian eagle-owl]

The sound of the European eagle owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Holzapfel)

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

Dunlin

Charadriiformes

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






[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).

More Dippers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 20 November 2016.






Place: River Taff near Bute Park, Cardiff
Dates: 14 January 2017.







[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

Yellowhammer

Passeriformes #3

Place: Flamborough Head, Yorkshire
Dates: 4 November 2015.




[Emberiza citrinella, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellowhammer]

The sound of the yellowhammer (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

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

Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 11 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).

Red Kite

Accipitriformes

Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 25 July 2016.







[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Reed Bunting in Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 8 January 2017.








[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Red-crowned Crane

Gruiformes

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







[Grus japonensis, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-crowned crane]

The sound of the red-crowned crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Gallardy)

Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Sunset

Charadriiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 18 October 2016.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 22 October 2016.



[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

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

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles

Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Dates: 25 March 2016.




Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Dates: 29 April 2016.


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


Place: Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 8 July 2016.




Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Dates: 5 May 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