Category Archives: Places

Young Dipper Begging to be Fed

Passeriformes #2

Place: Wolfscote Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire #1
Date: 26 May 2021.














Place: Wolfscote Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire #2
Date: 26 May 2021.











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

The sound of the dipper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Goldfinch Gorging on Thistle Seeds

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Man of Storr, Trotternish, Isle of Skye
Date: 3 September 2021.








[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).
Distribution and sightings of the goldfinch across the British Isles

Kittiwakes on the Farne Islands

Charadriiformes

Place: Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.



Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.






Place: Cullernose Point, south of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.



[Rissa tridactyla, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-legged kittiwake]

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

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

Garden Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 May 2021.






[Sylvia borin, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Garden warbler]

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

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

Merlin at Goldcliff Lagoons

Falconiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.



[Falco columbarius, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Merlin (bird)]

The sound of the merlin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tayler Brooks)

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

Juvenile Willow Warbler

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lews Castle grounds, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.





[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Young Stonechat

Passeriformes #2

Place: St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.










[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European stonechat]

The sound of the stonechat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Plum-throated Cotinga (Stuffed Specimen)

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cragside House, Rothbury, Northumbria
Date: 9 June 2021.


[Cotinga maynana, Family Cotingidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Plum-throated cotinga]

The sound of the plum-throated cotinga (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Coopmans)

Choughs from Pembrokeshire, Part 2

Passeriformes #1

Place: St. Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.









Place: Coast path south of St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.




Place: Porth Clais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 June 2021.


Place: Deer Park, Martin’s Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.


Place: St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.



[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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