Various Goldfinch

Passeriformes #2

Place: Albert Dock, Liverpool
Date: 16 April 2018.

Place: St.Nicholas Church Gardens, Liverpool
Date: 18 April 2018.

Place: Farm building, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.

Place: Stirling, Scotland
Date: 5 June 2018.

Place: Haltwhistle campsite , Northumbria
Date: 30 June 2018.

Place: Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 18 July 2018.

[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

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

Distribution of the goldfinch across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

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Skokholm / Skomer Meadow Pipits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Mad Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1-2 May 2018.

Place: The Well, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: South Stream Valley, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

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

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

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

Skokholm Shags

Suliformes

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: The Stack, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

[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 of the shag across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

More Deceased Manx Shearwaters

Procellariiformes

Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Near Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: Winter Pond, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: Path from The Neck to the farm, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

[Puffinus puffinus, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Manx shearwater]

The sound of the Manx shearwater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Grant Sherman)

Distribution of the Manx shearwater across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Skokholm Guillemots

Charadriiformes

Place: North Gully, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: Twinlet Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

[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 of the guillemot across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Skokholm Willow Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: The Well, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: Farm Ringing Station, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

Distribution of the willow warbler across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Whimbrel

Charadriiformes

Place: North Plain, Skokholm
Date: 30 April 2018.

Place: North Plain, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: North Plain, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: North Plain, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

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

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

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