Selected Wheatears, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Levant Mine, Trewellard, Cornwall
Date: 20 April 2019.

Place: Tyrins, Greece
Date: 1 September 2019.

Place: Stiperstones National Nature Reserve, Shropshire
Date: 11 August 2020.

Place: Hadrian’s Wall near Sycamore Gap, Northumbria
Date: 12 June 2021.

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

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

Place: Non’s Chapel, St.David, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 August 2022.

Place: Downpatrick Head, County Mayo, Ireland
Date: 1 September 2022.

Place: Coast path between St. Justinians and Porthlysgi Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.

[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).

Razorbill

Charadriiformes

Place: River Tay, Dundee, Scotland
Date: 13 September 2021.

Place: Llangrannog, Ceredigion
Date: 4 March 2022.

Place: Stackpole Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.

Place: Landing North Haven, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

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

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Still More Deceased Manx Shearwaters

Procellariiformes

Place: Round House, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

Place: Middle Path, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

[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 and sightings of the Manx shearwater across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Ravens from Wales

Passeriformes #1

Place: Mew Stone, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

Place: St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 July 2019.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

Place: Porth Henllys, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.

Place: Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales
Date: 28 September 2020.

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

[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).

Manx Shearwater Remains

Procellariiformes

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

Place: North side of the mountain, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

[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 and sightings of the Manx shearwater across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Razorbills

Charadriiformes

Place: North Haven, Skomer
Date: 13 May 2017.

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

Place: North Haven, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

[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).

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).

Puffin Carrying Sand Eels

Charadriiformes

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

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

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).