Category Archives: Britain

Lesser Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

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





[Phoeniconaias minor, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser flamingo]

The sound of the lesser flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mike Nelson)

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

Great Crested Grebe With Young

Podicipediformes

Place: Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent
Date: 4 July 2016.










[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

The sound of the great crested grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Wren

Passeriformes #2

Place: Hilliers Gardens near Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 2 May 2016.


Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 28 June 2016.





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

The sound of the wren (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Bissett)

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

Peregrine Falcon Chick

Falconiformes

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



[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

The sound of the peregrine falcon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Adrian Shenton)

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

African Pigmy Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.


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




[Nettapus auritus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African pygmy goose]

The sound of the African pigmy goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Danckwerts)

Turkey Vulture

Cathartiformes

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



[Cathartes aura, Family Cathartidae, Order Cathartiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Turkey vulture]

The sound of the turkey vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Charlie Vogt)

Blackbirds Doing Stuff

Passeriformes #2

Place: Rainforest biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 20 September 2015.

Blackbird eating fruit



Place: Alhambra, Andalucia
Date: 9 June 2015.

Blackbird fighting a grasshopper



Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 28 June 2016.

Blackbird singing




[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

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

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

Common Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 February 2016.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 February 2016.



[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

The sound of the common kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Common Tern

Charadriiformes

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





[Sterna hirundo, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common tern]

The sound of the common tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Ahmed)

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

Guillemot

Charadriiformes

Place: Green Bridge, Castlemartin Pensinsula East Range, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 July 2016.










[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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