Various Common Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Blankenberge Beach, Belgium
Date: 21 January 2019.

Place: Inverewe Gardens, Highlands, Scotland
Date: 4 June 2019.

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

Place: Rodel, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides
Date: 12 June 2019.

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

[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).

Eurasian Eagle Owl

Strigiformes

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

[Bubo bubo, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian eagle-owl]

The sound of the Eurasian eagle owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Juvenile Golden Eagle

Accipitriformes

Place: Bogha Glas, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides
Date: 13 June 2019.

[Aquila chrysaetos, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Golden eagle]

The sound of the golden eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Cuckoo

Cuculiformes

Place: Great Bernera bridge, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 8 June 2019.

[Cuculus canorus, Family Cuculidae, Order Cuculiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common cuckoo]

The sound of the cuckoo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

A Flock of Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 6 November 2018.

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

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

[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Corn Bunting

Passeriformes #3

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

[Emberiza calandra, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Corn bunting]

The sound of the corn bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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