Category Archives: Scotland

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).
Distribution and sightings of the song thrush across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the greylag goose across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the lapwing across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the herring gull across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of Harris's hawk across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the white-tailed eagle across the British Isles

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

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).
Distribution and sightings of the goldfinch across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the willow warbler across the British Isles