Goldfinches of Spain and Italy

Passeriformes #3

Place: Navarrete, Spain
Dates: 11 May 2016.

Place: Avola, Sicily
Dates: 24/25 May 2016.

Place: Pozzallo, Sicily
Dates: 26 May 2016.

Place: Navarrete, Spain
Dates: 22 June 2016.

[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

The sound of the goldfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Yellow-legged Gull

Charadriiformes

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

[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).

Crested Lark

Passeriformes #1

Place: Marina di Modica, Sicily
Dates: 26/27 May 2016.

Place: San Giorgio, Sicily
Dates: 6 June 2016.

[Galerida cristata, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested lark]

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

Distribution of the crested lark across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Corn Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Segesta, Sicily
Date: 2 June 2016.

[Emberiza calandra, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Corn bunting]

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

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

Young Greater Flamingoes

Phoenicopteriformes

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

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

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

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

Sicilian Black-winged Stilts

Charadriiformes

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

Place: Saline Ciane, Syracuse, Sicily
Date: 24 May 2016.

[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 Giuseppe Speranza)

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

Serins of Spain and Italy

Passeriformes #3

Place: Navarrete, Spain
Date: 11 May 2016.

Place: Pompei, Italy
Date: 17 May 2016.

Place: Pozzallo, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.

Place: Valle dei Templi, Sicily
Date: 29 May 2016.

Place: Marinella, Sicily
Date: 31 May 2016.

Place: Scopello, Sicily
Date: 3 June 2016.

Place: Tindari, Sicily
Date: 6 June 2016.

Place: Battipaglia, Italy
Date: 14 June 2016.

Place: Marimurtra botanical gardens near Blanes, Catalunya
Date: 17 June 2016.

[Serinus serinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European serin]

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

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

Hoopoe

Bucerotiformes

Place: Marina di Modica, Sicily
Date: 27 May 2016.

[Upupa epops, Family Upupidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hoopoe]

The sound of the hoopoe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Zdenek Vermouzek)

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

Cirl Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Erice, Sicily
Date: 1 June 2016.

Place: Port Lligat, Catalunya
Date: 19 June 2016.

[Emberiza cirlus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cirl bunting]

The sound of the cirl bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Woodchat Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Isola delle Correnti, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.

Place: Fonte Ciane, Syracuse, Sicily
Date: 24 May 2016.

[Lanius senator, Family Laniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Woodchat shrike]

The sound of the woodchat shrike (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

Distribution of the woodchat shrike across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).