Category Archives: Scotland

Various Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Deeside Holiday Park, Maryculter, Aberdeenshire
Date: 14 July 2017.







Place: St.Nicholas Church Gardens, Liverpool
Date: 17 April 2018.



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





Place: Mezio, Peneda-Gerês National Park, northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.







Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.


Place: Newark Park, Gloucestershire
Date: 17 March 2020.



[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

Shags from Scotland

Suliformes

Place: Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.










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


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

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Alex Lees)

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

Great Spotted Woodpeckers from Scotland

Piciformes

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



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



Place: Norham Castle, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Date: 24 June 2019.




[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

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

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

Short-eared Owl on North Uist

Strigiformes

Place: Road east of Sollas, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.






Place: Committee Road south of Sollas, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 16 June 2019.




[Asio flammeus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Short-eared owl]

The sound of the short-eared owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Lane)

Distribution and sightings of the short-eared owl across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the short-eared owl across the British Isles

Various Redshanks

Charadriiformes

Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 5 February 2018.







Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.



Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 11 April 2018.


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




Place: Seahouses, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.


Place: Amoreira Beach, south-western coast of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.





Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.


[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

The sound of the redshank (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Various Rooks

Passeriformes #1

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




Place: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Date: 30 December 2019.








Place: Lulworth Cove, Dorset
Date: 10 March 2020.









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

Sand Martin

Passeriformes #1

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




[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

Sedge Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ath Mhor, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2019.












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

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

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

Gannets on St.Kilda

Suliformes

Place: Stac Lee, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.






Place: Stac an Armin, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.













[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