More Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Sartène, Corsica
Date: 4 June 2017.

Place: Torre del Porticciolo, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.

Place: Housesteads Roman Fort, Northumbria
Date: 30 June 2018.

Place: Olympia Archeological Site, Greece
Date: 12 September 2019.

Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2020.

[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Hooded Crows from Sardinia

Passeriformes #1

Place: Torre Salinas, Sardinia
Date: 12 June 2017.

Place: Torre del Porticciolo, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.

Place: Alghero, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.

Place: Torre del Porticciolo, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.

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

[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).

Yellow-legged Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Nora, Sardinia
Date: 14 June 2017.

Place: Camping Fusina, Venice, Italy
Date: 20 August 2019.

Place: Monemvasia, Greece
Date: 6 September 2019.

Place: Brindisi, Italy
Date: 18 September 2019.

[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 Marco Dragonetti)

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

Jays from Corsica and Sardinia

Passeriformes #1

Place: Porto, Corsica
Date: 28 May 2017.

Place: Filitosa, Corsica
Date: 1 June 2017.

Place: Monte Ortobene, Sardinia
Date: 10 June 2017.

Place: Is Arenas, Sardinia
Date: 17 June 2017.

[Garrulus glandarius, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian jay]

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

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

Alpine Swift Nestling

Apodiformes

Place: Grotta di Nettuno, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 19 June 2017.

[Tachymarptis melba, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Alpine swift]

The sound of the Alpine swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Vincent Pourchaire)

Distribution of the Alpine swift across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Cattle Egret / Black-crowned Night Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Oristano, Sardinia
Date: 17 June 2017.

[Bubulcus ibis, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cattle egret]

The sound of the cattle egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Joost van Bruggen)

[Nycticorax nycticorax, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-crowned night heron]

The sound of the black-crowned night heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lars Lachmann)

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

Distribution of the black-crowned night heron across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Alpine Swifts in Flight

Apodiformes

Place: Grotta di Nettuno, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 19 June 2017.

[Tachymarptis melba, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Alpine swift]

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

Distribution of the Alpine swift across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Sardinian Warblers from Sardinia

Passeriformes #1

Place: Santa Teresa Gallura, Sardinia
Date: 8 June 2017.

Place: Torre Salinas, Sardinia
Date: 11 June 2017.

Place: Is Arenas, Sardinia
Date: 17/18 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).

Sardinian Black-winged Stilts

Charadriiformes

Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 16 June 2017.

Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 17 June 2017.

Place: Isola Asinara, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 22 June 2017.

[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 Mats Rellmar)

Distribution of the black-winged stilt across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Greater Flamingoes from Sardinia

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Torre Salinas, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 11/12 June 2017.

Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 16/17 June 2017.

[Phoenicopterus roseus, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greater flamingo]

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

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