Category Archives: Places

Various Lapwing

Charadriiformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.






Place: Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 11 October 2016.





Place: Morecambe Bay, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.


Place: Seaton Wetlands, Devon
Date: 14 March 2018.



Place: Low Newton-by-the Sea, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.


[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

Pigeon Chick in Egg

Columbiformes

Place: Canterbury, Kent
Date: 9 March 2013.



[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Feral pigeon]

The sound of the feral pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Phoenix Birder)

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

Pintail

Anseriformes

Place: Heron’s Wing Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.




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



[Anas acuta, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern pintail]

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

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

Greylag Geese at Fishlake Meadows

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 October 2018.




Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 October 2018.




[Anser anser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greylag goose]

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

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

Fieldfares at Goldcliff Lagoons

Passeriformes #2

Place: Entrance to Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 10 November 2020.


















[Turdus pilaris, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Fieldfare]

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

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

Wrens from Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #2

Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.


Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.


Place: Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.


[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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

Emerald Starling

Passeriformes #2

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





[Lamprotornis iris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Emerald starling]

The sound of the emerald starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Spotted Flycatchers from Greece

Passeriformes #2

Place: Camping Kalamitsi Beach, Preveza, Greece
Date: 26 August 2019.





Place: Ancient Delphi, Phocis, Greece
Date: 28 August 2019.






Place: Ancient Mycenae, Argolis, Greece
Date: 2 September 2019.



Place: Sparta Acropolis, Laconia, Greece
Date: 4 September 2019.






Place: Monemvasia, Laconia, Greece
Date: 6 September 2019.



Place: Teichos Dymaion, Achaea, Greece
Date: 15 September 2019.









[Muscicapa striata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted flycatcher]

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

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

Juvenile Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Tolquhon Castle, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.




Place: Portsoy, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.



Place: Campsite near Woolacombe, Devon
Date: 1 September 2016.





Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Date: 21 June 2018.





Place: Porthlysgi, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.



[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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