Category Archives: Britain

Wren

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 12/13 August 2016.










[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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

Juvenile Moorhen

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 2016.






[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Herring Gull Having a Crab Salad

Charadriiformes

Place: Port Isaac, Cornwall
Date: 30 August 2016.








[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Young Skylark Begging

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 13 August 2016.







[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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

White-cheeked Turaco

Musophagiformes

Place: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Date: 16 August 2016.






[Tauraco leucotis, Family Musophagidae, Order Musophagiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-cheeked turaco]

The sound of the white-cheeked turaco (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

Distribution and sightings of the white-cheeked turaco across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Mallards Dabbling the Weir

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir
Date: 15 October 2016.





[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

Pheasant at the Bird Feeder

Galliformes

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


[Phasianus colchicus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pheasant]

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

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

A Murmuration of Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: West Wittering, Sussex
Date: 16 September 2016.









[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

The sound of the common starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Wood Pigeon Munching Kale

Columbiformes

Place: Singleton Park, Swansea
Date: 7 October 2016.






[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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