Selected Grey Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: River Tummel, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.

Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

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

Great Skuas on Noss

Charadriiformes

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

[Stercorarius skua, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great skua]

The sound of the great skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Siskin

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bowlees, North Pennines, County Durham
Date: 6 June 2021.

Place: An Torr, Glencoe, Scottish Highlands
Date: 26 August 2021.

[Spinus spinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian siskin]

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

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

Twite

Passeriformes #3

Place: Neist Lighthouse, Duirinish, Isle of Skye
Date: 1 September 2021.

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

[Linaria flavirostris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Twite]

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

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

Common Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Tralee Beach, Benderloch, Argyll & Bute
Date: 25 August 2021.

[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).

Guillemots from Scotland

Charadriiformes

Place: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.

Place: RSPB Sumburgh, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

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

Place: Nunnery Point, St. Abb’s Head, Berwickshire, Scotland
Date: 28 June 2018.

Place: Dun, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

Place: Mull of Galloway, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.

[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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

Gannets from the Shetlands

Suliformes

Place: Lund Beach, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.

[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).

Chaffinches from Scotland

Passeriformes #3

Place: Killicrankie, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.

Place: Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.

Place: Crianlarich, Perthshire, Scotland
Date: 3 June 2019.

[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Oystercatchers from Scotland

Charadriiformes

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

Place: Grutness, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Minn Beach, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Arbroath Abbey, Angus, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2018.

Place: Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland
Date: 25 June 2018.

[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).

Juvenile Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Tolquhon Castle, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.

Place: Portsoy, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.

Place: Campsite near Woolacombe, Devon
Date: 1 September 2016.

Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Date: 21 June 2018.

Place: Porthlysgi, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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