Selected Linnets, Part 1

Passeriformes #3

Place: Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
Date: 14 September 2016.

Place: Montrose Basin Wildlife Trust, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.

Place: RSPB Marazion Marsh, Cornwall
Date: 21 April 2019.

Place: Ogmore-by-sea, Bridgend
Date: 30 May 2021.

Place: Porthgain, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.

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

[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

The sound of the linnet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Selected Dippers, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 September 2021.

Place: Miller’s Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 10 February 2022.

Place: Chee Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 10 February 2022.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal Extension, near Tongwynlais Picnic Area, Cardiff
Date: 4 November 2022.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal Extension, near Tongwynlais Picnic Area, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2023.

[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).

Selected Dippers, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 23 April 2019.

Place: Beresford Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 26 May 2021.

Place: Langleeford Farm near Wooler, Northumbria
Date: 10 June 2021.

Place: Flowerdale Glen, Gairloch, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 11 September 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).

Long-tailed Tits on Feeder

Passeriformes #2

Place: Man Sands, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.

[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

Distribution and sightings of the long-tailed tit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Peregrine on Rathlin Island

Falconiformes

Place: Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

[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).

Snowy Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Bubo scandiacus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Snowy owl]

The sound of the snowy owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Stronach)

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

Fulmars from Ireland

Procellariiformes

Place: Carrick-a-Rede, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.

Place: Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

Place: Downpatrick Head, County Mayo, Ireland
Date: 1 September 2022.

Place: Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland
Date: 5 September 2022.

Place: Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 10 September 2022.

[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)

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

Local Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2017.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2017.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 14 April 2017.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 15 April 2017.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 April 2017.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 18 March 2018.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 19 September 2020.

Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.

[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Whimbrels

Charadriiformes

Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Salen, Mull, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2022.

[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian whimbrel]

The sound of the whimbrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Black-winged Stilt

Charadriiformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Himantopus himantopus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged stilt]

The sound of the black-winged stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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