European Bee Eater

Coraciiformes

Place: Saline de Siracusa, Syracuse, Sicily
Date: 24 May 2016.

[Merops apiaster, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European bee-eater]

The sound of the European bee eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist maudoc)

Distribution of the European bee eater across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Collared Doves in Spain and Italy

Columbiformes

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

Place: Cefalu, Sicily
Date: 5 June 2016.

Place: Panarea Island, Lipari Islands, Sicily
Date: 8 June 2016.

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

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

[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

The sound of the collared dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Sardinian Warbler

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Lido Signorino, Sicily
Date: 31 May / 1 June 2016.

[Curruca melanocephala, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sardinian warbler]

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

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

Slender-billed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Nubia salt pans near Trapani, Sicily
Date: 1 June 2016.

[Chroicocephalus genei, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Slender-billed gull]

The sound of the slender-billed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernand Deroussen)

Maltese Sparrow

Passeriformes #3

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

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

The sound of the Maltese sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Giovanni Boano)

Blue Rock Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Capo Rosso, Lipari Island, Sicily
Date: 7 June 2016.

[Monticola solitarius, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue rock thrush]

The sound of the blue rock thrush (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Michele Viganò)