British Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Hinton Ampner estate, Hampshire
Date: 7 April 2017.

Place: The Maer, Exmouth, Devon
Date: 13 March 2018.

Place: Tay Bridge, Fife, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2018.

Place: Bankhead Farm, Fife, Scotland
Date: 24 June 2018.

Place: Llanrhidian, Gower
Date: 9 August 2018.

[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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

Scottish Lapwings

Charadriiformes

Place: Bunchrew, Beauly Firth, Scotland
Date: 27 July 2017.

Place: Saxa Vord, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Muir of Dinnet, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.

[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

Shetland Arctic Terns, Part 2

Charadriiformes

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

Place: Shetland Mainland between Voxter and Brae
Date: 12 June 2018.

Place: Muckle Roe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.

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

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

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

[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).

Shetland Arctic Terns, Part 1

Charadriiformes

Place: St. Ninian’s Isle, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Spiggie Beach, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

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

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

[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).

Still More Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Ynis Dinas, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.

Place: Doune Castle, Stirling, Scotland
Date: 6 June 2018.

[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Various Skylark

Passeriformes #1

Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Gower Peninsula near Arthur’s Stone
Date: 10 May 2018.

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

[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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

Lesser Black-backed Gull Chicks

Charadriiformes

Place: Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland
Date: 25 June 2018.

[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Various Great Crested Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 20 March 2018.

Place: Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
Date: 24 March 2018.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
Date: 14 April 2018.

Place: Loch Leven Castle, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2018.

Place: Walton Heath purple walk, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Walton Heath screens, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Noah’s Lake, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

The sound of the great crested grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Various Snipes

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Marshside, near Southport, Merseyside
Date: 25 February 2018.

Place: Bousta, Sandness, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Hagdale Horse Mill, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.

[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Black Guillemot

Charadriiformes

Place: St. Ninian’s Isle, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

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

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

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

[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).