Place: Pescasseroli, Abruzzo National Park, Italy
Date: 21 September 2019.
[Ptyonoprogne rupestris, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian crag martin]
The sound of the crag martin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Gianluca Congi)
Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 August 2020.
Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 October 2020.
[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]
The sound of the kestrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)
Distribution and sightings of the kestrel across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Fortuneswell, Portland, Dorset
Date: 6 March 2020.
Place: Coast path south of St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.
[Larus marinus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great black-backed gull]
The sound of the great black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Ptilinopus melanospilus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-naped fruit dove]
The sound of the black-naped fruit dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ding Li Yong)
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 May 2020.
This mallard behaved in a very strange fashion (see video), as if it had something stuck in its throat and couldn’t dislodge it.
[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]
The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)
Distribution and sightings of the mallard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Chesil Beach Centre, Portland, Dorset
Date: 7 March 2020.
Place: Penrhos, Holy Island, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.
Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 26 December 2020.
[Branta bernicla, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brant (goose)]
The sound of the brent goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)
Distribution and sightings of the brent goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Acrokorinth, Corinthia, Greece
Date: 30 August 2019.
Place: Larissa Castle, Argos, Argolis, Greece
Date: 1 September 2019.
Place: Ancient Mycenae, Argolis, Greece
Date: 2 September 2019.
Place: Mystras (lower part), Laconia, Greece
Date: 4 September 2019.
Place: Monemvasia, Laconia, Greece
Date: 6 September 2019.
[Sitta neumayer, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western rock nuthatch]
The sound of the Western rock nuthatch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)
Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.
[Irena puella, Family Irenidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Asian fairy-bluebird]
Place: Cardoness Castle, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.
Place: Hillier Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 7 July 2020.
Place: Kennet & Avon canal near Crofton, Wiltshire
Date: 9 August 2020.
[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]
The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)
Distribution and sightings of the barn swallow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 March 2020.
Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 21 May 2020.
[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).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 