Ringed Plovers from the Shetlands

Charadriiformes

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

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

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

Place: Minn Beach, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Norwick, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

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

Distribution and sightings of the ringed plover 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).

Whimbrel

Charadriiformes

Place: Halligarth Woods, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Cabo Carvoeira, near Peniche, coast north of Lisbon
Date: 7 September 2018.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Whimbrel]

The sound of the whimbrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Shag

Suliformes

Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

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

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

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

Gannet Colony on Noss

Suliformes

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

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 17 June 2018.

[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).

Great Auk†

Charadriiformes

Place: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland
Date: 12 February 2019.

[Pinguinus impennis†, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great auk]

Sand Martin

Passeriformes #1

Place: St. Monan, Fife, Scotland
Date: 24 June 2018.

Place: Penarth Marina, Cardiff
Date: 21 July 2018.

[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).

Shetland Island Dunlins

Charadriiformes

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

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

Place: Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.

[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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