Selected Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

Place: The Well, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 May 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2022.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 April 2022.

Place: Entrance to Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 April 2022.

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.

[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Various Gannets

Suliformes

Place: Lighthouse, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Offshore from north coast of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: Ferry crossing from Eriskay to Barra, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

Place: Rua Reidh lighthouse, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.

Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

[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).

Skokholm Puffins, Part 2

Charadriiformes

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

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

Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 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).

Skokholm Puffins, Part 1

Charadriiformes

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

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

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

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

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

More Shelducks

Anseriformes

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 30 April 2016.

Place: Morecambe, Lancashire
Date: 10 February 2017.

Place: Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Date: 4 April 2017.

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

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

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

Place: Malltraeth Estuary, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 10 November 2020.

[Tadorna tadorna, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common shelduck]

The sound of the shelduck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Skokholm Carrion Crows

Passeriformes #1

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

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

Place: Path from farm to Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

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

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

[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

The sound of the carrion crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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

Skokholm Herring Gulls

Charadriiformes

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

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

[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Lesser Black-backed Gulls on Skokholm and Skomer

Charadriiformes

Place: Orchid Bog, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

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

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

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

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

[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Welsh Fulmars

Procellariiformes

Place: Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 April 2017.

Place: The Neck, Skomer
Date: 11 May 2017.

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 12 May 2017.

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

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

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

Place: Mid-west Coast of Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

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

Skokholm Rock Pipits

Passeriformes #3

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

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

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

[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).