Common Sandpipers from Scotland

Charadriiformes

Place: Coast Path from Garminy to Fishnish, Mull, Scotland
Date: 15 June 2022.

Place: Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.

Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

[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).

Buzzards from Scotland

Accipitriformes

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

Place: Kerrera, Argyll & But
Date: 24 August 2021.

Place: Ferniniquarrie, Duirinish, Isle of Skye
Date: 31 August 2021.

Place: Old Man of Storr, Trotternish, Isle of Skye
Date: 3 September 2021.

Place: Insh Marshes, Kingussie, Scottish Highlands
Date: 12 September 2021.

Place: Ulva Ferry, Mull, Scotland
Date: 17 June 2022.

Place: Loch Torr, Mull, Scotland
Date: 18 June 2022.

[Buteo buteo, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common buzzard]

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

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

Shag Eating Fish

Suliformes

Place: River Tay, Dundee, Scotland
Date: 13 September 2021.

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

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Common Gulls from the Inner Hebrides

Charadriiformes

Place: Feolin, Jura, Scotland
Date: 10 June 2022.

Place: Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 12 June 2022.

Place: Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.

Place: Scalasaig, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2022.

Place: The Machair, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

Place: Sandeels Bay, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

Place: Craigmore, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.

Place: Seamill, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2022.

[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).

Diamond Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Ardencraig Gardens, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

[Geopelia cuneata, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Diamond dove]

The sound of the diamond dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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

More Rooks

Passeriformes #1

Place: Caerfai Bay campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

Place: Portree, Isle of Skye
Date: 3 September 2021.

Place: Easton-on-the-Hill, Northamptonshire
Date: 30 October 2021.

Place: Bishop’s Palace, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Martyr Bay, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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

Bengalese Finch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Ardencraig Gardens, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

[Lonchura striata domestica, Family Estrildidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Society finch]

The sound of the Bengalese finch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bo Shunqi)

Hidden Corncrake Call

Gruiformes

Place: Backpackers Hostel, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 11 June 2022.

Place: Backpackers Hostel, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 12 June 2022.

Place: Oronsay Priory, Oronsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.

[Crex crex, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Corn crake]

The sound of the corncrake (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Spotted Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Ardencraig Gardens, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

[Spilopelia chinensis, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted dove]

The sound of the spotted dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ray Tsu 诸仁)

Black Guillemot on Bute

Charadriiformes

Place: Rothesay Harbour, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.

Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

Place: Rothesay Harbour, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

Place: Rothesay Harbour, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2022.

[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).