Ringed Plover Faking Injury

Charadriiformes

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

If you remember certain nature programmes showing a bird pretending to be injured to lure a would-be predator away from the nest, that’s what’s happening here: the ringed plover was writhing on the ground with an outstretched wing, then sat up, looking if I took the bait, and continued to play-act until I was sufficiently far away from its nest.

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

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

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

Great Northern Diver

Gaviiformes

Place: Sandwick, Yell, Shetland Islands
Date: 14 June 2018.

[Gavia immer, Family Gaviidae, Order Gaviiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common loon]

The sound of the great northern diver (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lance A. M. Benner)

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

Tree Sparrow

Passeriformes #3

Place: Edzell Castle, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.

Place: Edzell Castle, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.

[Passer montanus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian tree sparrow]

The sound of the tree sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Goldeneye with Chicks

Anseriformes

Place: Loch Faskally, Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 6 June 2018.

[Bucephala clangula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Goldeneye (duck)]

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

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

Yellowhammer

Passeriformes #3

Place: Tomnaverie Stone Circle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.

Place: Montrose Basin, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.

[Emberiza citrinella, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellowhammer]

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

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

Arctic Skua

Charadriiformes

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

[Stercorarius parasiticus, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Parasitic jaeger]

The sound of the Arctic skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lauri Hallikainen)

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

Various Stonechats

Passeriformes #2

Place: Boscastle, Cornwall
Date: 26 August 2016.

Place: Tintagel, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.

Place: Port Isaac, Cornwall
Date: 30 August 2016.

Place: Birling Gap, East Sussex
Date: 22 March 2017.

Place: Ring of Brodgar, Orkney mainland
Date: 22 July 2017.

Place: RSPB Hobbister, Orkney mainland
Date: 24 July 2017.

Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Date: 14 September 2017.

Place: Newport Beach, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.

Place: Mwnt, near Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 3 April 2018.

[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European stonechat]

The sound of the stonechat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Orkney Gannets

Suliformes

Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Date: 23 July 2017.

[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).

A Multitude of Oystercatchers

Charadriiformes

Place: Orkney mainland near RSPB Marwick Head, Scotland
Date: 21 July 2017.

[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

Orkney Eider Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: Aikerness Beach, Orkney mainland
Date: 22 July 2017.

Place: Marwick Head, Orkney mainland
Date: 21 July 2017.

[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]

The sound of the eider (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).