Selected Little Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: The Loons RSPB, Orkney Mainland
Date: 21 July 2017.

Place: Lydiard Park near Swindon, Wiltshire
Date: 4 December 2017.

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.

Place: Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.

Place: Roonivoolin Trail, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

Wheatears from Scotland

Passeriformes #2

Place: Brough of Birsay, Orkney mainland
Date: 22 July 2017.

Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Date: 23 July 2017.

Place: Durness, Sutherland, Highlands
Date: 25 July 2017.

Place: Jarlshof, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Eshaness Lighthouse, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.

Place: Doune Carloway Broch, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.

Place: St. Columba Church, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.

Place: Village, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

Place: Mull of Galloway, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.

[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).

Hooded Crows from Scotland

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Mainland
Date: 24 July 2017.

Place: Bunchrew, Beauly Firth
Date: 27 July 2017.

Place: RSPB Sumburgh, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 11 June 2018.

Place: Arnol Blackhouse, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.

Place: Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.

Place: Gress, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

The sound of the hooded crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Harrop)

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

Various Stonechats

Passeriformes #2

Place: Boscastle, Cornwall
Date: 26 August 2016.

Place: Tintagel, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.

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

Place: Birling Gap, East Sussex
Date: 22 March 2017.

Place: Ring of Brodgar, Orkney mainland
Date: 22 July 2017.

Place: RSPB Hobbister, Orkney mainland
Date: 24 July 2017.

Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Date: 14 September 2017.

Place: Newport Beach, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.

Place: Mwnt, near Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 3 April 2018.

[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European stonechat]

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

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

Orkney Gannets

Suliformes

Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Date: 23 July 2017.

[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).

A Multitude of Oystercatchers

Charadriiformes

Place: Orkney mainland near RSPB Marwick Head, Scotland
Date: 21 July 2017.

[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).

Orkney Eider Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: Aikerness Beach, Orkney mainland
Date: 22 July 2017.

Place: Marwick Head, Orkney mainland
Date: 21 July 2017.

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

The sound of the 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).

Arctic Tern in Flight

Charadriiformes

Place: Ferry from Gill’s Bay to St. Margaret’s Hope, Orkney Islands
Dates: 21 July 2017.

[Sterna paradisaea, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Arctic tern]

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

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

Orkney Puffins No.2

Charadriiformes

Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.

Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.

[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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

Orkney Puffins No.1

Charadriiformes

Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.

[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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