Category Archives: Places

Greenfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.



[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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

Robins, Robins, Everywhere

Passeriformes #2

Place: Porthcurno, Cornwall
Date: 21 February 2010.



Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 11 August 2012.


Place: Mediterranean biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.


[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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

Dunnock

Passeriformes #3

Place: Ogmore-by-Sea, South Wales
Date: 9 March 2014.




[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

Starlings All in a Row

Passeriformes #2

Place: Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 4 September 2015.



Place: Bournemouth
Date: 31 January 2015.


[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Swell Wood RSPB nature reserve, Somerset
Date: 25 May 2013.


[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

The sound of the great spotted woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Greater Flamingoes Taking Off

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Marismas del Odiel, near Huelva, Andalucia
Date: 14 June 2015.




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

The sound of the greater flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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

Black Swan Lake

Anseriformes

Place: Aylesford Friary, Kent
Date: 26 September 2015.






[Cygnus atratus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black swan]

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

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

Tawny Frogmouth

Caprimulgiformes

Place: In front of National Museum, Cardiff
Date: 15 June 2013.



[Podargus strigoides, Family Podargidae, Order Caprimulgiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tawny frogmouth]

The sound of the tawny frogmouth (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jeremy Hegge)

Avocet

Charadriiformes

Place: Titchwell Marshes, Norfolk
Date: 2 September 2015.




Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.


[Recurvirostra avosetta, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied avocet]

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

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

Great Cormorant Drying its Wings

Suliformes

Place: Polkerris, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.



[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

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

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