Category Archives: Places

Shag Eating Fish

Suliformes

Place: River Tay, Dundee, Scotland
Date: 13 September 2021.




[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

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

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

Still More Deceased Manx Shearwaters

Procellariiformes

Place: Round House, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.


Place: Middle Path, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.





[Puffinus puffinus, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Manx shearwater]

The sound of the Manx shearwater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Grant Sherman)

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

Common Gulls from the Inner Hebrides

Charadriiformes

Place: Feolin, Jura, Scotland
Date: 10 June 2022.



Place: Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 12 June 2022.


Place: Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.



Place: Scalasaig, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2022.


Place: The Machair, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.



Place: Sandeels Bay, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.


Place: Craigmore, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.






Place: Seamill, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2022.


[Larus canus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common gull]

The sound of the common gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Ringed Plovers from Portugal

Charadriiformes

Place: Troia Peninsula south of Setubal, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.




























[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

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

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

Water Rails

Gruiformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.







Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 November 2021.





[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

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

More Pink-footed Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.






Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.






Place: Waxham, Norfolk
Date: 29 September 2021.





[Anser brachyrhynchus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pink-footed goose]

The sound of the pink-footed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew McCafferty)

Distribution and sightings of the pink-footed goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the pink-footed goose across the British Isles

Siskins in Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2022.










[Spinus spinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian siskin]

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

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

Diamond Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Ardencraig Gardens, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.




[Geopelia cuneata, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Diamond dove]

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

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

Australian Boobook Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.



[Ninox boobook, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Australian boobook]

The sound of the Australian boobook owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist James Lambert)