Category Archives: Places

European Eagle Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Dates: 4 July 2016.



[Bubo bubo, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian eagle-owl]

The sound of the European eagle owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Holzapfel)

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

Dunlin

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.






[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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

More Dippers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 20 November 2016.






Place: River Taff near Bute Park, Cardiff
Dates: 14 January 2017.







[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

Bird Migration Modern Style

[a collared dove hitching a ride on the ferry all the way from Civitavecchia to Barcelona]

Columbiformes

Place: Civitavecchia to Barcelona ferry
Dates: 16 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).
Distribution and sightings of collared dove across the British Isles

Yellowhammer

Passeriformes #3

Place: Flamborough Head, Yorkshire
Dates: 4 November 2015.




[Emberiza citrinella, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellowhammer]

The sound of the yellowhammer (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

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

Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 11 January 2017.







[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

Yellow-billed Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Dates: 21 August 2012.


Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 30 August 2012.



[Mesophoyx intermedia, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Intermediate egret]

The sound of the yellow-billed egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Red Kite

Accipitriformes

Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 25 July 2016.







[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Great Frigatebird

Suliformes

Place: Genovesa, Galapagos
Dates: 17 August 2010.







[Fregata minor, Family Fregatidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great frigatebird]

The sound of the great frigatebird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Oscar Campbell)

Reed Bunting in Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 8 January 2017.








[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

The sound of the reed bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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