Category Archives: Sardinia

Spotted Flycatcher Nest

Passeriformes #2

Place: Orosei, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 10/11 June 2017.

















[Muscicapa striata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted flycatcher]

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

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

Italian Shelduck

Anseriformes

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





Place: Salt pans near Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily, Italy
Date: 25 May 2016.


Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily, Italy
Date: 25 May 2016.



[Tadorna tadorna, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common shelduck]

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

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

Alpine Swifts in a Crevice

Apodiformes

Place: Grotta di Nettuno, Sardinia
Dates: 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).

Various Little Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: River Ouse near Southdowns YHA
Dates: 14 September 2016.



Place: Amarapura, Myanmar
Dates: 8 April 2013.



Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Dates: 25 May 2016.


Place: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Dates: 22 June 2016.


Place: Oristano, Sardinia
Dates: 17 June 2017.


[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

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

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

Greenfinches from Corsica and Sardinia

Passeriformes #3

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




Place: Bastia, Corsica
Dates: 23 May 2017.






Place: Is Arenas, Sardinia
Dates: 18 June 2017.


Place: Porto Mandriola, Sardinia
Dates: 17 June 2017.


[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

The sound of the greenfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Eurasian Spoonbills from Italy

Pelecaniformes

Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia
Dates: 16 June 2017.







Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Dates: 25 May 2016.








[Platalea leucorodia, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian spoonbill]

The sound of the Eurasian spoonbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

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

Black-crowned Night Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Road between Arborea Lido and Oristano, Sardinia
Dates: 17 June 2017.





[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 Carlos W.)

Great Spotted Woodpeckers from Sardinia

Piciformes

Place: Marina di Sorso, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 21 June 2017.















Place: Orosei, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 11 June 2017.


Place: Torre del Porticciolo, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 19 June 2017.





[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

The sound of the great spotted woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Spanish Sparrow

Passeriformes #3

Place: Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 12 June 2017.


Place: San Giovanni di Sinis, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 17 June 2017.






Place: Perfugas, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 23 June 2017.






[Passer hispaniolensis, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spanish sparrow]

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

Moorhen and Chick

Gruiformes

Place: Porto Sosalinos, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 10 June 2017.






[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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