Category Archives: Britain

Grey Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 October 2016.







Place: River Taff near Radyr bridge
Date: 8 October 2016.



[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

Wheatear

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 9 – 13 August 2016.














Place: Seven Sisters, Sussex
Date: 13 September 2016.




Place: Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
Date: 14 September 2016.


[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

The sound of the wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Snipe

Charadriiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 2016.










[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Gannet

Suliformes

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 10 August 2016.







[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

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

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

Common Eider

Anseriformes

Place: Amble, Northumbria
Date: 2 August 2009.


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



[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]

The sound of the common eider (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Rock Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.




[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian rock pipit]

The sound of the rock pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Coraciiformes

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



[Dacelo leachii, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-winged kookaburra]

The sound of the blue-winged kookaburra (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

Andean Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

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







[Phoenicoparrus andinus, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Andean flamingo]

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

Green Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Sherborn Castle, Dorset
Date: 21 July 2016.





[Picus viridis, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: European green woodpecker]

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

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

Redshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Wadebridge, Cornwall
Date: 28 August 2016.








[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

The sound of the redshank (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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