Various Arctic Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands
Date: 2 August 2009.

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

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

[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).

Eider with Ducklings

Anseriformes

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Kildonan, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 18 June 2019.

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

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

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

Various Tufted Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Creswell Crags, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.

Place: Avalon Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Loch An Tiumpan, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

Place: Winkworth Arboretum, Busbridge, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 25 December 2019.

[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

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

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

Shags from Scotland

Suliformes

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

Place: Dun, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Alex Lees)

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

Short-eared Owl on North Uist

Strigiformes

Place: Road east of Sollas, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Committee Road south of Sollas, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 16 June 2019.

[Asio flammeus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Short-eared owl]

The sound of the short-eared owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Lane)

Distribution and sightings of the short-eared owl across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Sand Martin

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

Sedge Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ath Mhor, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2019.

[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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

Kittiwakes from Scotland

Charadriiformes

Place: Coastline from Belhaven Bay to Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.

Place: Dunbar Harbour, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.

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

Place: Stac an Armin, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

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

[Rissa tridactyla, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-legged kittiwake]

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

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

Rock Pipits from Scotland

Passeriformes #3

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

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

Place: Hamnavoe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.

Place: St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2018.

Place: Ravenspoint, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 5 June 2019.

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

[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).

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).