Category Archives: Corsica

Barn Swallow Morning Song

Passeriformes #1

Place: Aleria, Corsica, France
Dates: 31 May 2017.






[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]

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

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

Italian Sparrow

Passeriformes #3

Place: Centuri-Port, Cap Corse, Corsica, France
Dates: 24 May 2017.




Place: Galeria, Corsica, France
Dates: 28 May 2017.


Place: Porto, Corsica, France
Dates: 29 May 2017.


[Passer italiae, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Italian sparrow]

The sound of the Italian sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

Yellow-legged Gulls from Corsica

Charadriiformes

Place: Barcaggio, Cap Corse, Corsica
Dates: 25 May 2017.




Place: Centuri-Port, Cap Corse, Corsica
Dates: 24 May 2017.


Place: Étang d’Urbino, Corsica
Dates: 31 May 2017.


Place: Ferry from Bonifacio, Corsica to Sta Teresa, Sardinia
Dates: 7 June 2017.





[Larus michahellis, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellow-legged gull]

The sound of the yellow-legged gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Distribution of the yellow-legged gull across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Kestrel and Hooded Crow in a Fight

Falconiformes

Place: Bonifacio, Corsica
Dates: 6 June 2017.







[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]

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

[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

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

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

Corsican Long-tailed Tit

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bonifacio, Corsica
Dates: 6 June 2017.


[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

Distribution and sightings of the long-tailed tit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Common Crossbill

Passeriformes #3

Place: Col de Vergio, Corsica, France
Dates: 3 June 2017.







[Loxia curvirostra, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red crossbill]

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

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

Mediterranean Shag

Suliformes

Place: Calvi, Corsica
Dates: 28 May 2017.



Place: Etang d’Urbino, Corsica
Dates: 31 May 2017.


Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Dates: 31 May 2017.



Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Dates: 1 June 2017.





Place: Isola Asinara, Sardinia
Dates: 22 June 2017.






[Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

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

Sardinian Warblers from Corsica

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Dates: 1 June 2017.






Place: Bonifacio, Corsica
Dates: 6 June 2017.



[Curruca melanocephala, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sardinian warbler]

The sound of the Sardinian warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

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

Red Kite Harassed by Hooded Crow

Accipitriformes

Place: Pigna, Corsica, France
Dates: 27 May 2017.





[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

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

[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

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

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