Selected Black-headed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Ring canal around Bruges, Belgium
Date: 2 December 2018.

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

Place: Venice, Italy
Date: 20 August 2019.

Place: Brindisi, Italy
Date: 18 September 2019.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 February 2021.

Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.

Place: Overstrand, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

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

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

Selected Eider Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT
Date: 9 July 2017.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Distribution and sightings of the eider 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).

Fulmars on St.Kilda

Procellariiformes

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

Place: “The Gap” cliffs, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)

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

Starling on St.Kilda

Passeriformes #2

Place: Village, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 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 Skua on St.Kilda

Charadriiformes

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

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

[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).

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).

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).

Kittiwakes from Scotland

Charadriiformes

Place: Coastline from Belhaven Bay to Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.

Place: Dunbar Harbour, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.

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

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

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

[Rissa tridactyla, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-legged kittiwake]

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

Distribution and sightings of the kittiwake 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).