Category Archives: Places

Black-headed Gull Dive-feeding

Charadriiformes

Picture only used as a place holder. The real dive-feeding happens in the video.

Place: Coombe Farm, near Fowey, Cornwall
Date: 8 September 2020.


[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

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

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

Guillemots from Scotland

Charadriiformes

Place: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.







Place: RSPB Sumburgh, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.








Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.





Place: Nunnery Point, St. Abb’s Head, Berwickshire, Scotland
Date: 28 June 2018.




Place: Dun, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.


Place: Mull of Galloway, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.





[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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

Cetti’s Warblers at Fishlake Meadows

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 April 2021.













Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.


[Cettia cetti, Family Cettiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cetti’s warbler]

The sound of Cetti’s warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bernard Collet)

Distribution and sightings of Cetti’s warbler across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of Cetti's warbler across the British Isles

Sedge Warblers on Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ringing station, Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.



Place: Ty Pellaf Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.








[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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

Redshanks from Anglesey

Charadriiformes

Place: Penrhos, Holy Island, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.












Place: Aberffraw, Anglesey
Date: 25 September 2020.





[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

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

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

Greater Flamingo in Captivity

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Pensthorpe Natural Park, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.





Place: Iguaçu Falls, Brazil
Date: 23 April 2014.


[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 and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the greater flamingo across the British Isles

Courting Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 18 March 2019.




Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 20 March 2019.




[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Red-billed Teal

Anseriformes

Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.




[Anas erythrorhyncha, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed teal]

The sound of the red-billed teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

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

Violet-backed Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.




[Cinnyricinclus leucogaster, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Violet-backed starling]

The sound of the violet-backed starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)