Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Whiting Bay, Arran
Date: 10 June 2023.

Place: Coast Path North of Sannox, Arran
Date: 11 June 2023.

Place: Mount Stewart, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 June 2023.

[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

The sound of the bullfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Selected Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 20 June 2020.

Place: Benllech cliffs, Anglesey
Date: 21 September 2020.

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

Place: Nash Point, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 2 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 November 2020.

Place: Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, County Sligo, Ireland
Date: 1 September 2022.

Place: Cashel Rock, Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Date: 13 September 2022.

Place: Llanberis Mountain Railway Station, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2023.

[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Grey Herons from Ireland

Pelecaniformes

Place: Portmagee, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 9 September 2022.

Place: Knight’s Town, Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 9 September 2022.

Place: Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Date: 12 September 2022.

Place: Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland
Date: 12 September 2022.

Place: River Suir near Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, Ireland
Date: 13 September 2022.

Place: Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Date: 16 September 2022.

Place: Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, County Wexford, Ireland
Date: 16 September 2022.

[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Injured Gannet

Suliformes

Place: Ventry Harbour, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 7 September 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).

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).

Selected Mute Swans, Part 2

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2021.

Place: Greylake RSPB, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 16 April 2022.

Place: Belleek, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Date: 31 August 2022.

Place: Kensington Gardens, London
Date: 26 October 2022.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2023.

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 2023.

Place: River Severn near Worcester, Worcestershire
Date: 30 March 2023.

[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Selected Herring Gulls, Part 2

Charadriiformes

Place: Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland
Date: 24 August 2021.

Place: Llangrannog, Ceredigion
Date: 4 March 2022.

Place: Porthgain, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.

Place: Scalasaig, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2022.

Place: Tobermory, Mull, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2022.

Place: Rothesay Castle, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

Place: Slea Head, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 7 September 2022.

Place: Doneen Pier, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 7 September 2022.

[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).

Selected Mistle Thrushes, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Coast Path between Horton and Oxwich, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.

Place: Muckross House, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 8 September 2022.

Place: Llynn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Date: 22 October 2022.

Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 January 2023.

[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

Rock Pipits from Ireland

Passeriformes #3

Place: Ballintoy, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 26 August 2022.

Place: Carrick-a-Rede, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.

Place: Roonivoolin Trail, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

Place: Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 10 September 2022.

[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European 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).

Robins from Ireland

Passeriformes #2

Place: Murlough Bay, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 25 August 2022.

Place: Carrick-a-Rede, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.

Place: Glenveagh Castle, County Donegal, Ireland
Date: 29 August 2022.

Place: Glencolmcille, County Donegal, Ireland
Date: 30 August 2022.

Place: Ballycroy Visitor Centre, County Mayo, Ireland
Date: 2 September 2022.

Place: Fanore Beach, County Clare, Ireland
Date: 4 September 2022.

Place: Ross Castle, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 8 September 2022.

[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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