Category Archives: Scotland

Helmeted Guineafowl

Galliformes

Place: Ardminish, Gigha, Kintyre, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2023.




[Numida meleagris, Family Numididae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Helmeted guineafowl]

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

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

Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Whiting Bay, Arran
Date: 10 June 2023.


Place: Coast Path North of Sannox, Arran
Date: 11 June 2023.



Place: Mount Stewart, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 June 2023.





[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

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

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

Selected Wrens, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Car Park, Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2022.



Place: St. Justinians, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.



Place: Scalasaig, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2022.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 August 2022.



Place: Temple Church, Bristol
Date: 23 March 2023.




Place: Porthlysgi Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.




Place: Porth Clais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.




Place: Caerfai Bay, St. David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 April 2023.


Place: Coast path between Solva and Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 April 2023.


[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

Selected Wrens, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Howmore, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.




Place: Banks of River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 March 2021.




Place: Hafod Estate, Ceredigion
Date: 30 March 2021.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 April 2021.



Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 April 2021.


Place: Longshaw Estate, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.



Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.


Place: Coastpath between Caerfai and St. Non’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 14 July 2021.



Place: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.


Place: Battery Park, Brixham, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.


Place: Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Date: 28 March 2022.


[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

Selected Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2021.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2021.




Place: Lover’s Leap, Dovedale, Peak District, Staffordshire
Date: 25 May 2021.






Place: Malmsmead, Exmoor, Devon
Date: 20 July 2021.



Place: Ardtreck Point, Minginish, Isle of Skye
Date: 2 September 2021.


Place: Car park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.


Place: Lily Pools, Bosherston, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.



Place: Brockhampton, Herefordshire
Date: 13 October 2022.


[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

Selected Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.




Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 20 June 2020.


Place: Benllech cliffs, Anglesey
Date: 21 September 2020.



Place: Conwy Harbour, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.



Place: Nash Point, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 2 November 2020.





Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 November 2020.


Place: Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, County Sligo, Ireland
Date: 1 September 2022.


Place: Cashel Rock, Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Date: 13 September 2022.







Place: Llanberis Mountain Railway Station, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2023.


[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Selected Kestrels

Falconiformes

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



Place: Punta del Dichoso, Suances, Cantabria, northern Spain
Date: 19 September 2018.




Place: St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.










Place: Shieldaig Falconry, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.



Place: Oxwich National Nature Reserve, Gower
Date: 22 July 2022.













Place: Lavenham, Suffolk
Date: 30 September 2022.


[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).
Distribution and sightings of the kestrel across the British Isles

More Selected Black-headed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Normanton Church, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.




Place: Cockington Lakes, Cockington, Devon
Date: 24 January 2022.


Place: Slapton Ley Nature Reserve, Devon
Date: 25 January 2022.


Place: Cardigan, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.



Place: St.Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 March 2022.



Place: Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset
Date: 13 March 2022.



Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 16 April 2022.



Place: Port Ellen, Islay, Scotland
Date: 8 June 2022.


Place: Kensington Gardens, London
Date: 26 October 2022.


[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

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

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

More Selected Canada Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Tower Hide, Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.


Place: Bec’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.


Place: RSPB Newport Wetlands, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.


Place: Oronsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.



Place: Tower Hide, Westhay Moors, Somerset Levels
Date: 18 April 2023.


[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

The sound of the Canada goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Darrell-Lambert)

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

Oystercatcher Tai Chi

Charadriiformes

Place: Tobermory Lighthouse, Mull, Scotland
Date: 18 June 2022.



Place: Dunagoil Vitrified Fort, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2022.


[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