Yellow-legged Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Nora, Sardinia
Date: 14 June 2017.

Place: Camping Fusina, Venice, Italy
Date: 20 August 2019.

Place: Monemvasia, Greece
Date: 6 September 2019.

Place: Brindisi, Italy
Date: 18 September 2019.

[Larus michahellis, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellow-legged gull]

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

Distribution of the yellow-legged gull across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Hawfinch in the New Forest

Passeriformes #3

Place: Exbury Gardens, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.

[Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hawfinch]

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

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

Swift Extricating Itself from Nesthole

Apodiformes

Place: Ilam Hall, Peak District, Staffordshire
Date: 24 May 2021.

[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

The sound of the swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Wigeon in Eclipse Plumage

Anseriformes

Place: Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire
Date: 15 September 2021.

[Mareca penelope, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wigeon]

The sound of the wigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Moorhen on the Ice

Gruiformes

Place: Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Grey-capped Emerald Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.

[Chalcophaps indica, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common emerald dove]

The sound of the grey-capped emerald dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Sand Martin Nests

Passeriformes #1

Place: Newgale, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.

[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

Siskin

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bowlees, North Pennines, County Durham
Date: 6 June 2021.

Place: An Torr, Glencoe, Scottish Highlands
Date: 26 August 2021.

[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).

Young Peregrines in Flight

Falconiformes

Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Abereiddy and Porthgain
Date: 20 July 2018.

[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

The sound of the peregrine (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Adrian Shenton)

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

Twite

Passeriformes #3

Place: Neist Lighthouse, Duirinish, Isle of Skye
Date: 1 September 2021.

Place: Rua Reidh lighthouse, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.

[Linaria flavirostris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Twite]

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

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