Skokholm / Skomer Meadow Pipits

Passeriformes #3

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

Puffling

Charadriiformes

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).

Short-eared Owl in Flight

Strigiformes

Place: North Stream valley, Skomer
Date: 12 May 2017.

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 8 November 2017.

[Asio flammeus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Short-eared owl]

The sound of the short-eared owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Lane)

Distribution and sightings of the short-eared owl across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Skomer Razorbills

Charadriiformes

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

Place: Skomer near Garland Stone
Dates: 11 May 2017.

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

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

[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).

Skomer Ravens

Passeriformes #1

Place: South Plateau, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.

Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.

[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).

Skomer Guillemots

Charadriiformes

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

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

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

[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Andrew Carter)

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

Skomer Short-eared Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Rocky outcrop east of farm, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.

[Asio flammeus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Short-eared owl]

The sound of the short-eared owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Daniel Lane)

Distribution and sightings of the short-eared owl across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Skomer Meadow Pipits

Passeriformes #3

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

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

Skomer Choughs

Passeriformes #1

Place: Skomer between Pigstone Bay and Skomer Head
Dates: 11 May 2017.

Place: South Plateau, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.

Place: Paynes Ledge, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.

[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).

Kittiwake

Charadriiformes

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Dates: 11/12 May 2017.

Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.

Place: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dates: 16 July 2017.

[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).