Great Black-backed Gulls from Ireland

Charadriiformes

Place: Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

Place: Cleggan Pier, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 3 September 2022.

Place: Ballynakill Harbour, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 3 September 2022.

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

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

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

[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).

Meadow Pipits from Ireland

Passeriformes #3

Place: Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

Place: Downhill Demesne, Causeway Coast, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Date: 29 August 2022.

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

Place: Islands View, Renvyle Peninsula, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 2 September 2022.

Place: Derryinver Bridge, Renvyle Peninsula, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 2 September 2022.

Place: Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland
Date: 5 September 2022.

Place: Tetrapod Footprints, Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 9 September 2022.

[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]

The sound of the meadow pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Eetu Paljakka)

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

Peregrine on Rathlin Island

Falconiformes

Place: Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

The sound of the peregrine (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Adrian Shenton)

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

Fulmars from Ireland

Procellariiformes

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

Place: Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

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

Place: Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland
Date: 5 September 2022.

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

[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).

Selected Little Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: The Loons RSPB, Orkney Mainland
Date: 21 July 2017.

Place: Lydiard Park near Swindon, Wiltshire
Date: 4 December 2017.

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.

Place: Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.

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

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

Hooded Crows from Ireland

Passeriformes #1

Place: Giant’s Causeway, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 26 August 2022.

Place: Giant’s Causeway, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.

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

Place: Malin Beg, County Donegal, Ireland
Date: 30 August 2022.

Place: Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 6 September 2022.

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

Place: Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Date: 11 September 2022.

Place: Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Date: 14 September 2022.

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

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

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

Juvenile Kittiwake

Charadriiformes

Place: Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

[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).

Hoatzin (Stuffed Specimen)

Opisthocomiformes

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

[Opisthocomus hoazin, Family Opisthocomidae, Order Opisthocomiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hoatzin]

The sound of the hoatzin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Richard E. Webster)

Irish Sandwich Terns

Charadriiformes

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

[Thalasseus sandvicensis, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sandwich tern]

The sound of the sandwich tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Selected Dunlins

Charadriiformes

Place: Chesil Beach Centre, Portland, Dorset
Date: 8 March 2020.

Place: Whiteford Beach, Gower
Date: 15 June 2021.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Omey Island, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 3 September 2022.

[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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