Wheatears from Scotland

Passeriformes #2

Place: Brough of Birsay, Orkney mainland
Date: 22 July 2017.

Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Date: 23 July 2017.

Place: Durness, Sutherland, Highlands
Date: 25 July 2017.

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

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

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

Place: Doune Carloway Broch, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.

Place: St. Columba Church, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.

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

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

[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

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

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

Shetland Eider Ducks

Anseriformes

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

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

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

Place: Lerwick Harbour, Shetland Mainland
Date: 17 June 2018.

[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]

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

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

Great Black-backed Gull

Charadriiformes

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

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

Place: Saundersfoot harbour, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 April 2019.

Place: Stack Rocks near Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.

Place: Newlyn, Cornwall
Date: 21 April 2019.

Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

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

Place: Kallin, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.

Place: Mewslade Bay, Gower
Date: 17 July 2019.

[Larus marinus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great black-backed gull]

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

Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Shetland Common Terns

Charadriiformes

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

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

[Sterna hirundo, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common tern]

The sound of the common tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Ahmed)

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

Hooded Crows from Scotland

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Mainland
Date: 24 July 2017.

Place: Bunchrew, Beauly Firth
Date: 27 July 2017.

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

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

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

Place: Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 11 June 2018.

Place: Arnol Blackhouse, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.

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

Place: Gress, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

The sound of the hooded crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Harrop)

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

Red-throated Diver

Gaviiformes

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

Place: Tingwall Loch, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Gutcher, Yell, Shetland Islands
Date: 17 June 2018.

Place: Sands of Sound, Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 17 June 2018.

[Gavia stellata, Family Gaviidae, Order Gaviiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-throated loon]

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

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

Great Skua Communal Bath

Charadriiformes

Place: Loch of Cliff, Burrafirth, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 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).

Ringed Plovers from the Shetlands

Charadriiformes

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

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

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

Whimbrel

Charadriiformes

Place: Halligarth Woods, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

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

Place: Cabo Carvoeira, near Peniche, coast north of Lisbon
Date: 7 September 2018.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Whimbrel]

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

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

Shag

Suliformes

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

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

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

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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