Red-throated Diver

Gaviiformes

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

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

Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 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).

Coal Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 October 2017.

Place: Killiecrankie, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.

Place: Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.

[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]

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

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

Eider Duck with Chicks

Anseriformes

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

[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 common eider across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Fulmar in Flight

Procellariiformes

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

[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)

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

Various Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Albert Dock, Liverpool
Date: 16 April 2018.

Place: St.Nicholas Church Gardens, Liverpool
Date: 18 April 2018.

Place: Farm building, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.

Place: Stirling, Scotland
Date: 5 June 2018.

Place: Haltwhistle campsite , Northumbria
Date: 30 June 2018.

Place: Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 18 July 2018.

[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

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

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

Shetland Common Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Grutness, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Braewick Cafe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.

[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).

Sanderling

Charadriiformes

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

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

[Calidris alba, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sanderling]

The sound of the sanderling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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

Great Skua Showing Displacement Behaviour

Charadriiformes

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

Having failed to frighten me away from its nesting area, this great skua has chosen instead to try and vent its aggression on a poor lamb and its mother.

[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).

Red-breasted Mergansers from Shetland

Anseriformes

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

Place: Uyeasound, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 17 June 2018.

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

[Mergus serrator, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted merganser]

The sound of the red-breasted merganser (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

Distribution and sightings of the red-breasted merganser across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Dead Barn Swallow Nestlings

Passeriformes #1

Place: Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 18 June 2018.

[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]

The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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