Place: Ferry from Gill’s Bay, Caithness, to St. Margaret’s Hope, Orkney Islands
Dates: 21 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).
Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.
Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.
Place: Mull Head, Deerness, Orkney mainland
Dates: 24 July 2017.
[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]
The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)
Distribution and sightings of the fulmar across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.
Place: Ring of Brodgar, Orkney mainland
Dates: 22 July 2017.
Place: Monk Haven, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 10 May 2017.
Place: Port Eynon, Gower peninsula
Dates: 14 September 2017.
[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African 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).
Place: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dates: 16 July 2017.
Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.
[Alca torda, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Razorbill]
The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)
Distribution and sightings of the razorbill across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.
[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).
Place: Fort George, Inverness-shire
Dates: 18 July 2017.
Place: Lamb Holm, Orkney Mainland
Dates: 21 July 2017.
Place: Marwick Head, Orkney Mainland
Dates: 21 July 2017.
[Larus canus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common gull]
The sound of the common gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)
Distribution and sightings of the common gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.
Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.
Place: Mull Head, Deerness, Orkney Mainland
Dates: 23 July 2017.
Place: RSPB Hobbister, Orkney Mainland
Dates: 23 July 2017.
[Stercorarius skua, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great skua]
The sound of the great skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)
Distribution and sightings of the great skua across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.
[Cepphus grylle, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black guillemot]
The sound of the black guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hugh Harrop)
Distribution and sightings of the black guillemot across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
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