Oystercatchers from Skomer and Skokholm

Charadriiformes

Place: North Haven, Skomer
Date: 11 May 2017.

Place: Moory Mere, Skomer
Date: 11 May 2017.

Place: Skomer near Tom’s House
Date: 11 May 2017.

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

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

Place: Frank’s Point, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

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

Place: South Plateau, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

Canada Geese on Skokholm

Anseriformes

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

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

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

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

[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

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

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

Skokholm Choughs

Passeriformes #1

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

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

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

[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Skokholm Razorbills

Charadriiformes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Alca torda, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Razorbill]

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

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

More Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Trerice Manor near Newquay, Cornwall
Date: 18 October 2017.

Place: Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
Date: 22 March 2018.

Place: Basic Slag Company quarry, Nant Transhyrhebog, Cefn Onn, Cardiff
Date: 22 April 2018.

Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

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

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

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Goodall’s Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.

[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Skokholm Ravens

Passeriformes #1

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

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

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

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

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

[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Skokholm Wheatears

Passeriformes #2

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

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

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

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

[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).

Various Skylark

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Gower Peninsula near Arthur’s Stone
Date: 10 May 2018.

Place: Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.

[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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

Skokholm Great Black-backed Gull

Charadriiformes

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

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

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

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

[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).

Skokholm Wrens

Passeriformes #2

Place: Path between farm and South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

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

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

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

Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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