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).

Local Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2017.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2017.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 14 April 2017.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 15 April 2017.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 April 2017.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 18 March 2018.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 19 September 2020.

Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.

[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).

Whimbrels

Charadriiformes

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

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

[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian whimbrel]

The sound of the whimbrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Black-winged Stilt

Charadriiformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Himantopus himantopus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged stilt]

The sound of the black-winged stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

Distribution and sightings of the black-winged stilt 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).

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).

Greenshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

[Tringa nebularia, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common greenshank]

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

Distribution and sightings of the greenshank 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).

Grey Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

[Pluvialis squatarola, Family Pluvialidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey plover]

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

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

Great Skuas from the Shetlands

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Sumburgh, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.

Place: Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.

[Stercorarius skua, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great skua]

The sound of the great skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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