Category Archives: Sicily

Selected Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Lymington, New Forest
Date: 1 May 2016.


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



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.


Place: Williton, Somerset
Date: 19 July 2021.




Place: Oakham, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2021.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.


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



[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Mandarin Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Taormina, Sicily
Date: 19 May 2016.


[Aix galericulata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mandarin duck]

The sound of the mandarin duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Huw Lloyd)

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

Spotless Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Selinunte, Sicily, Italy
Date: 31 May 2016.





[Sturnus unicolor, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotless starling]

The sound of the spotless starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nick Talbot)

Greater Flamingoes

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Pantano Longarini, Sicily, Italy
Date: 26 May 2016.






Place: Lagoas de Santo André e Sancha, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.








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

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

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

Various Great Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
Date: 27 June 2015.


Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.


Place: Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.


Place: Sabaudia, Latina, Italy
Date: 15 June 2016.



Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2016.




Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.


[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

The sound of the great tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

Distribution and sightings of the great tit 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).

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).

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

Various Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lynmouth, Devon
Dates: 16 February 2013.


Place: Segesta, Sicily
Dates: 2 June 2016.




Place: Wadebridge, Cornwall
Dates: 28 August 2016.



Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 16 January 2017.




[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).

Jays of Spain and Italy

Passeriformes #1

Place: Zafferana Etnea, Sicily
Dates: 21 May 2016.



Place: Neapolis, Syracuse, Sicily
Dates: 24 May 2016.


Place: Canet de Mar, Catalunya
Dates: 17 June 2016.







Place: Calella de Palafrugell, Catalunya
Dates: 18 June 2016.


[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).