Selected Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire
Date: 4 March 2016.

Place: Colby Woodland Garden, Pembrokeshire
Date: 17 April 2016.

Place: Port Erroll, Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.

Place: Croft Castle, Herefordshire
Date: 25 October 2017.

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

[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Greylag Goose with Chicks

Anseriformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 7 July 2017.

Place: Claydon Manor, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.

Place: Ravenspoint, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 8 June 2019.

Place: Lakeside View, Kielder reservoir, Northumbria
Date: 7 June 2021.

[Anser anser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greylag goose]

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

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

Lapwing Chicks

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Lower Force, Upper Teesdale, North Pennines, County Durham
Date: 6 June 2021.

[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).

Young Herring Gull Eating Crab

Charadriiformes

Place: Gairloch harbour, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 8 September 2021.

[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Harris’s Hawk

Accipitriformes

Place: Shieldaig Falconry, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.

[Parabuteo unicinctus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Harris’s hawk]

The sound of Harris’s hawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Manuel Grosselet)

Distribution and sightings of Harris’s hawk across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

White-tailed Eagle in Flight

Accipitriformes

Place: Oban flying to Kerrera, Argyll & Bute
Date: 23 August 2021.

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

[Haliaeetus albicilla, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-tailed eagle]

The sound of the white-tailed eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

Distribution and sightings of the white-tailed eagle across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Steppe Eagle

Accipitriformes

Place: Shieldaig Falconry, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.

[Aquila nipalensis, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Steppe eagle]

The sound of the steppe eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Antero Lindholm)

Black-throated Diver

Gaviiformes

Place: Applecross, Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands
Date: 6 September 2021.

[Gavia arctica, Family Gaviidae, Order Gaviiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-throated loon]

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

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

Goldfinch Gorging on Thistle Seeds

Passeriformes #3

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

[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).

Juvenile Willow Warbler

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lews Castle grounds, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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