Selected Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Sabaudia, Italy
Date: 15 June 2016.

Place: Ludlow, Shropshire
Date: 26 October 2017.

Place: North Promenade, Cleveleys, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

Place: Papil Church, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Porthdinllaen, Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.

Place: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Date: 30 December 2019.

[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Great Skuas from the Shetlands

Charadriiformes

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

Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.

Place: Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 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).

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).

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).

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).

Puffins from the Shetlands

Charadriiformes

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

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

Place: Eshaness Lighthouse, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.

[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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

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).

Rock Pipits from Scotland

Passeriformes #3

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

Place: Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Hamnavoe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.

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

Place: Ravenspoint, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 5 June 2019.

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

[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian rock pipit]

The sound of the rock pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Shetland Curlews

Charadriiformes

Place: B9078 before Braewick Cafe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.

Place: North Roe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.

Place: Muness Castle, Yell, Shetland Islands
Date: 14 June 2018.

[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian curlew]

The sound of the curlew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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