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).

White-tailed Eagle

Accipitriformes

Place: Aline, Border of Isles of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides
Date: 11 June 2019.

[Haliaeetus albicilla, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-tailed eagle]

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

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

Common Sandpipers from the Outer Hebrides

Charadriiformes

Place: Bosta Iron Age village, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 8 June 2019.

Place: Rhenigidale, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides
Date: 14 June 2019.

Place: Craigston, Barra, Outer Hebrides
Date: 21 June 2019.

[Actitis hypoleucos, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common sandpiper]

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

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

Ospreys on the Nest

Accipitriformes

Place: Threave Castle, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.

[Pandion haliaetus, Family Pandionidae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Osprey]

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

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

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).

Red-throated Diver

Gaviiformes

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

Place: Tingwall Loch, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Gutcher, Yell, Shetland Islands
Date: 17 June 2018.

Place: Sands of Sound, Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 17 June 2018.

[Gavia stellata, Family Gaviidae, Order Gaviiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-throated loon]

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

Distribution and sightings of the red-throated diver 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).

Siskins

Passeriformes #3

Place: Crianlarich Youth Hostel, Scotland
Date: 4 June 2019.

[Spinus spinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian siskin]

The sound of the siskin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Great Skua Communal Bath

Charadriiformes

Place: Loch of Cliff, Burrafirth, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

[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).

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).