Category Archives: Scotland

Red-breasted Mergansers

Anseriformes

Place: Scalpsie Bay, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2022.















[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).
Distribution and sightings of the red-breasted merganser across the British Isles

Coal Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Ynys-hir visitor centre, Ceredigion
Date: 22 November 2020.


Place: Benmore Botanical Garden, Argyll, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the coal tit across the British Isles

Selected Black-headed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Ring canal around Bruges, Belgium
Date: 2 December 2018.


Place: Village Bay, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.


Place: Venice, Italy
Date: 20 August 2019.



Place: Brindisi, Italy
Date: 18 September 2019.


Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.





Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 February 2021.



Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.



Place: Overstrand, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.



[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

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

Distribution and sightings of the black-headed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the black-headed gull across the British Isles

Heronries

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 20 February 2018.



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



Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2019.










Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 3 March 2020.





Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 12 April 2020.





Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 18 January 2022.







[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

More Sedge Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 May 2021.



Place: Abermawr, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.




Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.




Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.





Place: Trefin, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.



Place: Portnahaven, Islay, Scotland
Date: 9 June 2022.




[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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

Sanderling

Charadriiformes

Place: Gairloch beach, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.





[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).
Distribution and sightings of the sanderling across the British Isles

Various Gannets

Suliformes

Place: Lighthouse, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.



Place: Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.




Place: Offshore from north coast of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.


Place: Ferry crossing from Eriskay to Barra, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.


Place: Rua Reidh lighthouse, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.


Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the gannet across the British Isles

Red-throated Diver

Gaviiformes

Place: Diabaig, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 7 September 2021.






[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).
Distribution and sightings of the red-throated diver across the British Isles

Spotted Flycatchers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Farm House, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.



Place: Ponte de Lima, northern Portugal
Date: 27 August 2018.


Place: Portinho, near Setubal, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.


Place: Aljezur, south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.



Place: Threave Gardens, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 28 June 2019.




Place: Danebury Hillfort, Hampshire
Date: 9 August 2020.



[Muscicapa striata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted flycatcher]

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

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

Selected Eider Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT
Date: 9 July 2017.





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



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



Place: Village Bay, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.


Place: Howmore, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.




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