Selected Kittiwakes

Charadriiformes

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

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

Place: Ynys Cantwr, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Coast south of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 8 June 2021.

[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).

Stone-curlew (Stuffed Specimen)

Charadriiformes

Place: Powis Castle, near Welshpool, Powys
Date: 29 March 2023.

[Burhinus oedicnemus, Family Burhinidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stone-curlew]

The sound of the stone-curlew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Manuel Reyes Páez)

Distribution of the stone-curlew across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Coots

Gruiformes

Place: Barnsdale, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Laggons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.

Place: Roonivoolin Trail, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 1 May 2023.

Place: Temple Water, Castle Ward Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 June 2023.

Place: Lake near screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 20 April 2024.

Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 April 2024.

[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

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

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

Waxwing

Passeriformes #2

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 13 March 2024.

[Bombycilla garrulus, Family Bombycillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Bohemian waxwing]

The sound of the waxwing (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Stronach)

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

European Eagle Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Bubo bubo, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian eagle-owl]

The sound of the European eagle owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Holzapfel)

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

Selected Great Black-backed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Porth Henllys, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 June 2021.

Place: Kerrera, Argyll & Bute
Date: 24 August 2021.

Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Porthgain, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.

Place: Lily Pools, Bosherston, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.

Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

Place: Mousehole, Cornwall
Date: 24 February 2023.

Place: Solva, Pembrokeshire
Date: 27 April 2023.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 15 May 2023.

Place: South Haven, Skomer
Date: 11 July 2023.

Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Date: 11 July 2023.

Place: Tom’s House, Skomer
Date: 11 July 2023.

Place: Farm, Skomer
Date: 11 July 2023.

[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).

Welsh Meadow Pipits, Part 2

Passeriformes #3

Place: Nany Cwm-mawr, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 2 November 2020.

Place: Three Cliffs Bay, Gower
Date: 22 April 2021.

Place: Whiteford Beach, Gower
Date: 15 June 2021.

Place: Porth Henllys, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 June 2021.

Place: Rhossili Downs, Gower
Date: 8 April 2023.

Place: Fields Opposite Carreg Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 13 May 2023.

Place: Mountain Top, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 17 May 2023.

Place: Path from Pen Cristin to Y Cafn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 17 May 2023.

Place: Slope Above Beudy Plas, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 17 May 2023.

Place: South Haven, Skomer
Date: 11 July 2023.

[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]

The sound of the meadow pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Eetu Paljakka)

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

Welsh Meadow Pipits, Part 1

Passeriformes #3

Place: Dale near St. Anne’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 18 April 2017.

Place: Sker Point near Porthcawl
Date: 2 September 2017.

Place: St. Anne’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 30 April 2018.

Place: Northern Meadows, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: South-eastern Slopes of Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Abereiddy and Porthgain
Date: 20 July 2018.

Place: Llanrhidian Salt Marshes, Gower
Date: 9 August 2018.

Place: Grasslands between Barafundle Bay and Broadhaven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.

Place: St. Non’s, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

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

Place: St. Justinian’s, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 12 July 2019.

Place: Conwy Mountain, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.

[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]

The sound of the meadow pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Eetu Paljakka)

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

Dodo

Columbiformes

Place: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Date: 11 February 2023.

Place: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Date: 22 March 2023.

Place: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date: 4 July 2023.

[Raphus cucullatus†, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dodo]

Pheasants

Galliformes

Place: Fields next to Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

Place: Buscot Park, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire
Date: 22 September 2022.

Place: Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
Date: 9 March 2023.

Place: Powis Castle, near Welshpool, Powys
Date: 29 March 2023.

Place: Hillier Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 1 May 2023.

[Phasianus colchicus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pheasant]

The sound of the pheasant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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