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April 2024

• Orthoptera from Cαdiz province, Andalucνa, Spain

Iberian Wingless Groundhopper (Tetrix nodulosa) & Earthling Stone Grasshopper (Euryparyphes terrulentus)

• Broad Green-winged Grasshopper (Aiolopus strepens) & Shady Grasshopper (Morphacris fasciata)

• Mediterranean Field Cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) & Spade-cricket sp. (Sciobia sp.)

• Lamenting Grasshopper (Eyprepocnemis plorans) & Smooth Striped Bush-cricket (Odontura glabricauda)

• Slender Digging Grasshopper (Acrotylus patruelis) & Desert Sand Grasshopper (Sphingonotus rubescens)

• Garden Locust (Acanthacr ruficornis citrina) & Puissant's Green-winged Grasshopper (Aiolopus puissanti)

January 2024

• New trip report from Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland, 10-17 January 2024

October 2023

• Mini-atlas of the Grasshoppers, Crickets and Bush-crickets of the Purfleet and Rainham area

The Purfleet and Rainham area in South Essex (vice-county 18) on the north bank of the River Thames has 15 species of orthoptera; 13 native, two adventive and one long-established alien. These comprise one cricket (Gryllidae), nine bush-crickets (Tettigoniidae), two groundhoppers (Tetrigidae) and three grasshoppers (Acrididae). More >

• European Tree-cricket (Oecanthus pellucens) photos and sound recording

• Rufous (White-clubbed) Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) photos and sound recording

September 2023

• Cepero's Groundhopper (Tetrix ceperoi) photos

• Southern Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket (Phaneroptera nana) sound recordings and photos

August 2023

• New trip report from Ayrshire 7-25 August 2023

April 2023

• New Orthoptera photos from Andalucνa, Spain

 • New trip report from southwest Spain, 6-16 April 2023

February 2023

• Cetti's Warbler page updated

October 2022

• New trip report from Center Parcs Elveden Forest, Surrey 3-7 October 2022

September 2022

• New trip report from Ayrshire 26 July - 16 August 2022

• New Orthoptera photographs [Lesser Marsh Grasshopper (f), Lesser Marsh Grasshopper (m), Long-winged Conehead (f), Meadow Grasshopper (f)]

August 2022

• House Cricket & Great Green Bush-cricket sound recordings and photos

June 2022

• New trip report from Blencathra Field Centre, 18-25 June 2022

May 2022

• New drawings...

Heart Longhorn Beetle  Stictoleptura cordigera

Privet Hawk-moth  Sphinx ligustri

Marsh Frog  Pelophylax ridibundus

April 2022

• New drawings...

Jersey Tiger  Euplagia quadripunctaria

Buff-tip  Phalera bucephala

Angle Shades  Phlogophora meticulosa

Poplar Hawk-moth  Laothoe populi

Beautiful Hook-Tip  Laspeyria flexula

January 2022

• New trip report from Bluestone National Park Resort, Wales, 10-14 January 2022

November 2021

• Two-spotted Field-cricket and Desert Locust sound recordings and photos

• New trip report from Center Parcs Whinfell Forest, Cumbria 8-12 November 2021

• New moth photographs from Center Parcs Whinfell Forest, Cumbria 8-12 November 2021

October 2021

• Jamaican Field Cricket and Tropical House Cricket sound recordings and photos

September 2021

• Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket sound recordings and photos

• New trip report from Ayrshire 5-19 August 2021

• New Orthoptera sound recordings

July 2021

• New moth galleries | Macros | Micros |

• Pink form of Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) reared from nymphal stage in terrarium

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Jun 2021

• 62 Cetti's Warbler territories mapped April-June on my cycle home from work

• Each bird has a single song type not shared with any other individual.

Apr 2021

• Sound recording of two male Cetti's Warblers disputing territory

• Sound recording of Mediterranean Gulls over the River Thames

• Sound recordings of Wheatear & Redstart alarm calls (Blencathra FSC, Cumbria 2019)

• Sound recording of a Chaffinch with two song types incorporating the flight call of a Pied Wagtail

• Sound recording of Linnet song

• Sound recording of Avocet calls in flight over the River Thames

• Sound recording of Chaffinch with three song types

Mar 2021

• Nocturnal migration (nocmig) and other sounds recorded through the night

February 2021

• New drawings

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper  Chorthippus albomarginatus

January 2021

• New drawings

Roesel's Bush-cricket  Metrioptera roeselii

Common Wart-biter  Decticus verrucivorus

Earthling Stone Grasshopper  Euryparyphes terrulentus

November 2020

• Phenology of stridulating Dark Bush-crickets along a footpath on cycle home from work

Counts of stridulating male Dark Bush-crickets (Pholidoptera griseoaptera), Rainham to Purfleet (NCN Route-13), July-November 2020

September 2020

• Sound recordings of Grey Bush-cricket (Platycleis albopunctata) from Kent

• Images of Common Groundhopper (Tetrix undulata) from Essex

• Images of Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) from Essex

August 2020

• Sound recordings of Heath Grasshopper (Chorthippus vagans) from Dorset

• New sounds recordings of captive grasshoppers and crickets

Southern Oak Bush-cricket  Meconema meridionale

Speckled Bush-cricket  Leptophyes punctatissima

Short-winged Conehead  Conocephalus dorsalis

Long-winged Cone-head  Conocephalus fuscus

Roesel's Bush-cricket  Merioptera roeselii

Dark Bush-cricket  Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Grey Bush-cricket  Platycleis albopunctata

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper  Chorthippus albomarginatus

Meadow Grasshopper  Chorthippus parallelus

Field Grasshopper  Chorthippus brunneus

July 2020

• New Ladybird page in construction...

May 2020

• Nocturnal migration (nocmig) and other sounds recorded through the night

• New trip report from.... well, right here... Balcony birding during Lockdown 2020

  Common Redshank  Tringa totanus

Purfleet, Essex, England  51Ί 28' 52.62'' N  00Ί 13' 56.11"' E   9 May 2020  [nocmig recording]

Sample of the variation in calls (but not song) of local breeding birds during a single night of sound recording.

January 2020

• New trip report from Center Parcs Elveden Forest, Surrey 13-17 January 2020

• New trip report from Ayrshire 27-Dec 2019 to 1-Jan 2020

December 2019

• New trip report from France 5-16 August 2019

• Including sounds of Common Wart-biter (Decticus verrucivorus), Club-legged Grasshopper (Gomphocerus sibiricus), Ladder Grasshopper (Stauroderus scalaris), Locomotive Grasshopper (Chorthippus apricarius), Lesser Grasshopper (Chorthippus mollis), Bow-winged Grasshopper (Chorthippus biguttulus)             

 • New trip report from southwest Spain, 9-19 April 2019

October 2019

• New trip report from Finland & Norway 17-27 June 2019

• Including sounds of Willow Grouse, Rough-legged Buzzard, Temminck's Stint, Jack Snipe, Red-necked Phalarope, Arctic Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Horned Lark, Red-throated Pipit, Bluethroat, Arctic Warbler, Siberian Tit, Siberian Jay, Arctic Redpoll, Little Bunting, Lapland Bunting and Snow Bunting.                 

September 2019

• New sound recordings from England

Large Marsh Grasshopper  Stethophyma grossum

Woodland Grasshopper  Omocestus rufipes

Short-winged Cone-head  Conocephalus dorsalis

• Oscilllograms added for Grasshopper, Crickets and Bush-crickets

August 2019

• New sound recordings from France & England

Alpine Marmot  Marmota marmota

Ladder Grasshopper  Stauroderus scalaris

Club-legged Grasshopper  Gomphocerus sibiricus

Locomotive Grasshopper  Chorthippus apricarius

Common Wart-biter  Decticus verrucivorus

Wood Cricket  Nemobius sylvestris

Lesser Grasshopper  Chorthippus mollis

Bow-winged Grasshopper  Chorthippus biguttulus

Stripe-winged Grasshopper  Stenobothrus lineatus

Rufous Grasshopper/White-clubbed Grasshopper  Gomphocerippus rufus

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper  Chorthippus albomarginatus

Rock Bunting  Emberiza cia

Cockerel/Rooster/Domestic Chicken Gallus gallus domest.

June 2019

• New sound recordings from Finland and Norway

Temminck's Stint  Calidris temminckii

Long-tailed Skua  Stercorarius longicaudus

Arctic Warbler  Phylloscopus borealis

Little Bunting  Emberiza pusilla

Lapland Bunting  Calcarius lapponicus

Snow Bunting  Plectrophenax nivalis

Siberian Jay  Perisoreus infaustus

Siberian Tit  Poecile cinctus

Bluethroat  Luscinia svecica

Shore Lark  Eremophila alpestris

Redwing  Turdus iliacus

Willow Grouse  Lagopus lagopus

Dotterel  Charadrius morinellus

Bar-tailed Godwit  Limosa lapponica

Jack Snipe  Lymnocryptes minimus

Wood Sandpiper  Tringa glareola

Brambling  Fringilla montifringilla

Rough-legged Buzzard  Buteo lagopus

European Shag  Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Taiga Bean Goose  Anser fabalis fabalis

Arctic Tern  Sterna paradisaea

Eurasian Woodcock  Scolopax rusticola

Common Snipe  Gallinago gallinago

Red-necked Phalarope  Phalaropus lobatus

Red-throated Diver  Gavia stellata

Common Eider  Somateria mollissima

Black-legged Kittiwake  Rissa tridactyla

Great Black-backed Gull  Larus marinus

Red-throated Pipit  Anthus cervinus

Willow Warbler  Phylloscopus trochilus

Arctic Redpoll  Carduelis hornemanmi

Razorbill  Alca torda

Common Guillemot  Uria aalge

Whooper Swan  Cygnus cygnus

Arctic Skua  Stercorarius parasiticus

Bohemian Waxwing  Bombycilla garrulus

May 2019

• New sound recordings added

Cuckoo  Cuculus canorus

Mediterranean Gull  Larus melanocephalus

Cetti's Warbler  Cettia cetti

April 2019

• New sound recordings added

Wild Boar  Sos scrofa

European Roe Deer  Capreolus capreolus

Vineyard Mole-cricket  Gryllotalpa vineae

Iberian Water Frog  Pelophylax perezi

Tawny Pipit   Anthus campestris

Western Bonelli's Warbler  Phylloscopus bonelli

Iberian Yellow Wagtail  Motacilla flava iberiae

Yellow-legged Gull  Larus michahellis

Audouin's Gull  Larus audouinii

Ringed Plover  Charadrius hiaticula

Kentish Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus

Corn Bunting  Emberiza calandra

Greater Flamingo  Phoenicopterus roseus

• New photographs added

Splendid Cone-headed Grasshopper  Truxalis nasuta

Puissant's Green-winged Grasshopper  Aiolopus puissanti

White Banded Grasshopper/Lamenting Grasshopper  Eyprepocnemis plorans

Common Digging Grasshopper  Acrotylus insubricus

Common Maquis Grasshopper  Pezotettix giornae

Broad Green-winged Grasshopper  Aiolopus strepens

Egyptian Grasshopper  Anacridium aegptium

Dented Groundhopper  Tetrix depressa

February-March 2019

• New sound recordings added

Keys Cicada  Diceroprocta bionica

New Caledonian Whistler  Pachycephala caledonica

New Caledonian Friarbird  Philemon diemenensis

Horned Parakeet  Eunymphicus cornutus

Red-throated Parrotfinch  Erythrura psittacea

Grey Fantail  Rhipidura albiscapa bulgeri

Fan-tailed Gerygone  Gerygone flavolateralis flavolateralis

Green-backed White-eye  Zosterops xanthochroa

Striated Starling  Aplonis striata

Bamboo Woodpecker  Gecinulus viridis

Rock Pipit  Anthus petrosus

House Sparrow  Passer domseticus

Carrion Crow  Corvus corone

Eurasian Teal  Anas crecca

Eurasian Wigeon  Anas penelope

Reed Bunting  Emberiza schoeniclus

Great Black-backed Gull  Larus marinus

Dunnock  Prunella modularis

Eurasian Wren  Troglodytes troglodytes

Common Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs

Water Pipit  Anthus spinoletta

January 2019

• New drawings

Collared Pratincole  Glareola pratincola

Eurasian Jay  Garrulus glandarius

• New sound recording

Dunlin  Calidris alpina

December 2018

• New drawings

Long-tailed Duck  Clangula hyemalis

Cream-coloured Courser  Cursorius cursor

Kentish Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus

Black-crowned Night Heron  Nycticorax nycticorax

September 2018

• New sound recordings from England

House Cricket  Acheta domesticus

Bog Bush-cricket  Metrioptera brachyptera

August 2018

• New sound recordings from England

Great Green Bush-cricket  Tettigonia viridissima

Meadow Grasshopper  Chorthippus parallelus

Dark Bush-cricket  Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Roesel's Bush-cricket  Metrioptera roeselii

Long-winged Conehead  Conocephalus fuscus

July 2018

• New sound recordings from Scotland

Field Grasshopper  Chorthippus brunneus

Common Green Grasshopper  Omocestus viridulus

Mottled Grasshopper  Myrmeleotettix maculatus

 • New trip report from Ayrshire, Scotland 27 June - 11 July 2018

June 2018

• New sound recordings from Scotland

Red Grouse  Lagopus scotica

Tawny Owl  Strix aluco

Various passerines mobbing a Tawny Owl fledgling

Blackcap  Sylvia atricapilla

Song Thrush  Turdus philomelos

Common Buzzard  Buteo buteo

• New trip report from Kindrogan Field Centre, Perthshire, Scotland, 8-15 June 2018

May 2018

• New sound recordings from England

Cetti's Warbler  Cettia cetti

April 2018

 • New trip report from southwest Spain, 2-12 April 2018

• New sound recordings from Spain

Gull-billed Tern  Gelochelidon niloctica

Common Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis

Iberian Chiffchaff  Phylloscopus ibericus

Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus

Spanish Sparrow  Passer hispaniolensis

March 2018

• New trip report from Lesvos 13-27 May 2017

February 2018

• New sound recordings from England

Ruddy Turnstone  Arenaria interpres

Mediterranean Gull  Larus melanocephalus

 June 2017

• New sound recordings from Lesvos, Greece

Cinereous Bunting  Emberiza cineracea

Cretzschmar's Bunting  Emberiza caesia

Black-headed Bunting  Emberiza melanocephala

Cirl Bunting  Emberiza cirlus

Eastern Orphean Warbler  Sylvia crassirostris

Eastern Subalpine Warbler  Sylvia cantillans

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler  Phylloscopus orientalis

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler  Hippolais pallida

Rόppell’s Warbler  Sylvia rueppelli

Isabelline Wheatear  Oenanthe isabellina

Krόper's Nuthatch  Sitta krueperi

European Turtle Dove  Streptopelia turtur

Masked Shrike  Lanius nubicus

Western Rock Nuthatch  Sitta neumayer

Short-toed Treecreeper  Certhia brachydactyla

Greater Flamingo  Phoenicopterus roseus

Ruddy Shelduck  Tadorna ferruginea

Long-legged Buzzard  Buteo rufinus

Black-eared Wheatear  Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca

Middle Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopus medius

Sombre Tit  Poecile lugubris

Rufous Bush Robin  Cercotrichas galactotes

Black-headed Wagtail  Motacilla flava feldegg

European Bee-eater  Merops apiaster

Great Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Common Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs

Red-backed Shrike  Lanius collurio

Marsh Warbler  Acrocephalus palustris

Hooded Crow  Corvus cornix

Cetti's Warbler  Cettia cetti

Nightingale  Luscinia megarhynchos

Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus

• New trip report from Kindrogan Field Centre, Perthshire, Scotland, 9-16 June 2017

• Updated times for ongoing Dawn Chorus project:

May 2017

• New sound recordings from England

Common Quail  Coturnix coturnix

April 2017

• New sound recordings from England

Common Greenshank  Tringa nebularia

Whimbrel  Numenius phaeopus

Lesser Whitethroat  Sylvia curruca

• New trip report from southwest Spain, 28 March - 6 April 2017

• New sound recordings from Scotland

Stock Dove  Columba oenas

Yellowhammer  Emberiza citrinella

Willow Warbler  Phylloscopus trochilus

February 2017

• Samples from new ambient album Aphamphroom

July 2016

• New trip report from Czech Republic 15-29 June 2016

• New sound recordings from Central Europe

Marsh Warbler  Acrocephalus palustris  Czech Republic

Golden Oriole  Oriolus oriolus  Czech Republic

Black Redstart  Phoenicurus ochrurus  Czech Republic

European Robin  Erithacus rubecula  Austria

Common Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs  Germany

Wood Warbler  Phylloscopus sibilatrix  Czech Republic

Eurasian Tree Sparrow  Passer montanus  Czech Republic

Grey Wagtail  Motacilla cinerea  Czech Republic

Barred Warbler  Sylvia nisoria  Czech Republic

Eurasian Jay  Garrulus glandarius  Czech Republic

Short-toed Treecreeper  Certhia brachydactyla  Czech Republic

• Sample of Chaffinch repertoire with sequence of three song types

 June 2016

• New trip report from Kindrogan Field Centre, Perthshire, Scotland, 3-10 June 2016

• New sound recordings from Perthshire, Scotland

Northern Wheatear  Oenanthe oenanthe

Common Redstart  Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Eurasian Treecreeper  Certhia familiaris

Cuckoo  Cuculus canorus

Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus

May 2016

• New trip report from southwest Spain, 28 March - 7 April 2016

• New sound recordings from Galloway & Ayrshire, Scotland

Black Guillemot  Cepphus grylle

Red Kite  Milvus milvus

Sand Martin  Riparia riparia

• A site guide for Kindrogan Field Centre, Perthshire in early summer

March 2016

• Siberian Rubythroat Trip Report

• New sound recording of the Siberian Rubythroat wintering in the Netherlands.

Siberian Rubythroat  Calliope calliope    Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Netherlands  52° 42' 44.26" N  4° 56' 10.01" W  14 March 2016 Subsong or plastic song uttered in low scrub. [File name: siberianrubythroatLS113411ecut2]   Siberian Rubythroat

January 2016

• New trip report from Florida Keys 6-18 January 2016

November 2015

• New pencil drawings of Eurasian Cranes in Sweden, Goldeneye at Hogganfield Loch, and Short-eared Owls hunting over RSPB Rainham Marshes [Drawings]

September 2015

• New trip report from Florida Keys 8-15 September 2015

• New location added to Birding Patches

June 2015

• Trip report for Kindrogan, Scotland

View of Strathardle from Creag na Cuinneige, Perthshire

• New sound recordings from Scotland and Spain:

Western Bonelli's Warbler  Phylloscopus bonelli  (Valle de Ojιn, Andalucia, Spain)

Firecrest  Regulus ignicapilla  (Valle de Ojιn, Andalucia, Spain)

Pied Avocet  Recurvirostra avosetta  (Marismas del Barbate, Andalucia, Spain)

European Stonechat  Saxicola rubicola  (Valle de Ojιn, Andalucia, Spain)

Iberian Yellow Wagtail  Motacilla flava iberiae  (Marismas del Barbate, Andalucia, Spain)

Yellowhammer  Emberiza citrinella  (Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line, Ayrshire, Scotland)

Common Linnet  Carduelis cannabina  (Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland)

Willow Warbler  Phylloscopus trochilus  (Kindrogan, Perthshire, Scotland)

Common Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs  (Kindrogan, Perthshire, Scotland)

 • Ayrshire Bird Report 2012

The 2012 edition of the Ayrshire Bird Report is now available priced at £5.00 Essential reading for anyone visiting the county, it contains the most important bird sightings recorded in 2012 as well as informative articles on Ayrshire's avifauna. It is published by the Ayrshire Branch of the SOC (Scottish Ornithologists' Club).

Details: 114 pages with 8 full-colour inner pages of photographs, plus artwork and b&w photos.

Please visit the Ayrshire Birding website for details of how to obtain your copy or e-mail me.

Fraser Simpson (Compiler & Editor)

April 2015

• New trip report from southwest Spain, 8-18 April 2015

• New sound recordings from Spain:

Calandra Lark  Melanocorypha calandra  (Marismas del Barbate, Spain)

Greater Short-toed Lark  Calandrella brachydactyla  (Marismas del Barbate, Spain)

Kentish Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus  (Rνo del Cachσn, Zahara estuary, Spain)

Stone-curlew  Burhinus oedicnemus  (Marismas del Barbate, Spain)

March 2015

• Red Kite & Yellow-crowned Night Heron drawings uploaded to gallery

November 2014

• New trip report from Florida Keys 3-10 November 2014

September 2014

• Gallery update > Vegetation Analysis

August 2014

• Trip report for Maine, USA

July 2014

• Trip report for Kindrogan, Scotland

View of Strathardle from Creag na Cuinneige, Perthshire

April 2014

 • New trip report from southwest Spain, 2-12 April 2014

March 2014

 • New trip report from Morocco, 5-10 March 2014

• New sound recordings from Morocco:

Black-crowned Tchagra  Tchagra senegalus  (Sidi Yaya Zaλr-Sidi Bettache & Oued Massa, Morocco)

Double-spurred Francolin  Francolinus bicalcaratus  (Sidi Yaya Zaλr-Sidi Bettache, Morocco)

Barbary Partridge  Alectoris barbara  (Sidi Yaya Zaλr-Sidi Bettache, Morocco)

African Blue Tit  Cyanistes teneriffae  (Sidi Yaya Zaλr-Sidi Bettache, Morocco)

Iberian Yellow Wagtail  Motacilla flava iberiae  (Oued Loukkos, Morocco)

Moustached Warbler  Acrocephalus melanopogon  (Oued Loukkos, Morocco)

African Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs africana  (Sidi Yaya Zaλr-Sidi Bettache, Morocco)

Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus  (Oued Loukkos, Morocco)

Glossy Ibis  Plegadis falcinellus  (Oued Loukkos, Morocco)

Crested Lark  Galerida cristata  (Sidi Yaya Zaλr-Sidi Bettache, Morocco

Eurasian Jay  Garrulus glandarius  (Sidi Yaya Zaλr-Sidi Bettache, Morocco

European Greenfinch   Carduelis chloris  (Sidi Yaya Zaλr-Sidi Bettache, Morocco

Great Tit  Parus major  (Sidi Yaya Zaλr-Sidi Bettache, Morocco

White Wagtail  Motacilla alba  (Oued Loukkos, Morocco)

Sardinian Warbler  Sylvia melanocephala  (Sidi Yaya Zaλr-Sidi Bettache, Morocco

January 2014

• New sound recordings uploaded:

Gray Catbird  Dumettela carolinensis  (Summerland Key, Florida, US)

Osprey  Pandion haliaetus  (Summerland Key, Florida, US)

Belted Kingfisher  Ceryle alcyon  (Summerland Key, Florida, US)

• New trip report from Florida Keys 4-12 January 2014

October 2013

• New sound recordings uploaded:

Yellow-legged Gull  Larus michahellis  (Venice, Italy)

• New photo gallery from Venice, Italy

 • New photo gallery from Florence, Italy

 • New photo gallery from Verona, Italy

  • New photo gallery from Rome, Italy

 • New photo gallery from Pompei, Italy

  • New photo gallery from Naples, Italy

 • New photo gallery from Sorrento, Italy

August 2013

• New trip report with sound recordings from Extremadura, Spain uploaded

July 2013

• New sound recordings uploaded from England:

European Nightjar  Caprimulgus europaeus  (Surrey, England)

Woodlark  Lullula arborea  (Surrey, England)

Herring Gull  Larus argentatus  (Sussex, England)

Meadow Pipit  Anthus pratensis  (Sussex, England)

Common Quail  Coturnix coturnix  (Hertfordshire, England)

Barn Swallow  Hirundo rustica  (Hertfordshire, England)

Yellowhammer  Emberiza citrinella  (Hertfordshire, England)

June 2013

• New sound recordings uploaded from Extremadura, Spain:

Eurasian Scop's Owl  Otus scops  (Extremadura, Spain)

Purple Heron  Ardea purpurea  (Extremadura, Spain)

Ortolan Bunting  Emberiza hortulana  (Extremadura, Spain)

Rock Sparrow  Petronia petronia  (Extremadura, Spain)

Eurasian Hoopoe  Upupa epops  (Extremadura, Spain)

Blue Rock Thrush  Monticola solitarius  (Extremadura, Spain)

Cirl Bunting  Emberiza cirlus  (Extremadura, Spain)

Black Redstart  Phoenicurus ochrurus  (Extremadura, Spain)

Gull-billed Tern  Gelochelidon niloctica  (Extremadura, Spain)

Red-rumped Swallow  Cecropis daurica  (Extremadura, Spain)

Rock Bunting  Emberiza cia  (Extremadura, Spain)

Woodlark  Lullula arborea  (Extremadura, Spain)

Alpine Swift  Apus melba  (Extremadura, Spain)

Iberian (Azure-winged) Magpie  Cyanopica cooki  (Extremadura, Spain)

Eurasian Crag Martin  Ptyonoprogne rupestris  (Extremadura, Spain)

Common Swift  Apus apus  (Extremadura, Spain)

Black Stork  Ciconia nigra  (Extremadura, Spain)

Spanish Sparrow  Passer hispaniolensis  (Extremadura, Spain)

Crested Lark  Galerida cristata  (Extremadura, Spain)

Black Kite  Milvus migrans  (Extremadura, Spain)

Spotless Starling  Sturnus unicolor  (Extremadura, Spain)

White Wagtail  Motacilla alba  (Extremadura, Spain)

Cetti's Warbler  Cettia cetti  (Extremadura, Spain)

Eurasian Griffon Vulture  Gyps fulvus  (Extremadura, Spain)

Subalpine Warbler  Sylvia cantillans  (Extremadura, Spain)

Melodious Warbler  Hippolais polyglotta  (Extremadura, Spain)

Great Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus arundinaceus  (Extremadura, Spain)

European Serin Serinus serinus  (Extremadura, Spain)

Savi's Warbler  Locustella luscinioides  (Extremadura, Spain)

Woodchat Shrike  Lanius senator  (Extremadura, Spain)

European Stonechat  Saxicola rubicola  (Extremadura, Spain)

Great Egret  Casmerodius albus  (Extremadura, Spain)

Thekla Lark  Galerida theklae  (Extremadura, Spain)

• New sound recordings uploaded from Perthshire:

Common Sandpiper  Actitis hypoleucos  (Perthshire, Scotland)

Lesser Redpoll  Carduelis cabaret  (Perthshire, Scotland)

Spotted Flycatcher  Muscicapa striata  (Perthshire, Scotland)

Eurasian Siskin  Carduelis spinus  (Perthshire, Scotland)

Meadow Pipit  Anthus pratensis  (Perthshire, Scotland)

Ring Ouzel  Turdus toquatus  (Perthshire, Scotland)

Blackbird  Turdus merula  (Perthshire, Scotland)

Eurasian Jackdaw  Corvus monedula  (Perthshire, Scotland)

Common Redstart  Phoenicurus phoenicurus  (Perthshire, Scotland)

Green Woodpecker  Picus viridis  (Perthshire, Scotland)

May 2013

• New sound recordings uploaded from London/Essex:

Blackbird  Turdus merula  (London, England)

Common Redshank  Tringa totanus  (London, England)

Common Shelduck  Tadorna tadorna  (London, England)

Little Grebe  Tachybaptus rufocollis  (London, England)

Gadwall  Anas strepera  (Essex, England)

Common Pochard  Aythya ferina  (London, England)

Nightingale  Luscinia megarhynchos  (Essex, England)

Eurasian Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus scirpaceu  (London, England)

Lesser Black-backed Gull  Larus fuscus  (London, England)

Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus  (Essex, England)

Greenfinch   Carduelis chloris  (London, England)

Canada Goose  Branta canadensis  (London, England)

Apr 2013

• New sound recordings uploaded:

White-eyed Vireo  Vireo griseus  (Florida Keys, US)

Pied Flycatcher  Ficedula hypoleuca   (Perthshire, Scotland)

House Sparrow  Passer domseticus  (Andalucia, Spain)

Greenfinch   Carduelis chloris  (Andalucia, Spain)

Collared Dove  Streptopelia decaocto  (Somerset, England)

Goldcrest  Regulus regulus  (Somerset, England)

• New trip report for Zahara de los Atunes, Costa de la Luz, Andalucia, Spain uploaded:

• New sound recordings uploaded from Spain:

Cattle Egret  Bubulcus ibis

Little Egret  Egretta garzetta

Crested Tit  Lophophanes cristatus

Purple Swamphen  Porphyrio porphyrio

Mar 2013

• Ayrshire Bird Report 2011

The 2011 edition of the Ayrshire Bird Report is now available priced at £5.00 Essential reading for anyone visiting the county, it contains the most important bird sightings recorded in 2011 as well as informative articles on Ayrshire's avifauna. It is published by the Ayrshire Branch of the SOC (Scottish Ornithologists' Club).

Details: 128 pages with 8 full-colour inner pages of photographs, plus 16 pieces of artwork and 14 b&w photos.

Please visit the Ayrshire Birding website for details of how to obtain your copy or e-mail me.

Fraser Simpson (Compiler & Editor)

Mar 2013

• New drawings:

Jan 2013

• Bearded Tits in central London!: 2 imm/ff in a tiny reedbed on the Serpentine by the Diana Princess of Wales memorial in Hyde Park.

More photos at www.frasersimpson-birdphotography.com

 Oct 2012

• Deer gallery added

• New trip report for Florida Keys (Sep 2012) uploaded

Aug-Sep 2012

• Photographs of Kagu from New Caledonia.

• New sound recordings uploaded from Thailand, Australia, and New Caledonia:

Kagu  Rhynochetos jubatus

New Caledonian Friarbird  Philemon diemenensis

New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon  Ducula goliath

Silver Gull  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

White-rumped Shama  Copsychus malabaricus

Superb Lyrebird  Menura novaehollandiae

Pied Currawong Strepera graculina

Red Junglefowl  Gallus gallus

New Caledonian Crow  Corvus moneduloides

Long-tailed Triller  Lalage leucopyga montrosieri

Streaked Fantail  Rhipidura verreauxi verreauxi

Grey-eared Honeyeater  Lichmera incana

Barred Honeyeater  Glycifohia undulata

Common Myna  Acridotheres tristis

White-browed Scrubwren  Sericornis frontalis

Rainbow Lorikeet  Trichoglossus haematodus

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo  Cacatua galerita

Australian White Ibis  Threskiornis molucca

• New sound recordings uploaded from Scotland:

Great Skua  Stercorarius skua

Rock Pipit  Anthus petrosus

Common Buzzard  Buteo buteo

Common Gull  Larus canus

House Martin  Delichon urbicum

Eurasian Sparrowhawk  Accipiter nisus

Eurasian Oystercatcher  Haemantopus ostralegus

• New sound recordings uploaded from England:

House Sparrow  Passer domseticus

Egyptian Goose  Alopochen aegyptiaca

Common Coot  Fulica atra

• Thailand slideshow

 • New Caledonia slideshow

 • A Light In The Sky slideshow

 June 2012

 • Trip report for Kindrogan, Scotland uploaded

View of Strathardle from Creag na Cuinneige, Perthshire

May 2012

•New sounds uploaded from Brent Reservoir, London:

Common Tern  Sterna hirundo

Great Crested Grebe  Podiceps cristatus

Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos

Common Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus

Ring-necked Parakeet  Psittacula krameri

Carrion Crow  Corvus corone

Common Starling  Sturnus vulgaris

April 2012

• New trip report for Zahara de los Atunes, Costa de la Luz, Andalucia, Spain uploaded:

• New sounds uploaded from around Zahara de los Atunes, Andalucia, Spain:

Glossy Ibis  Plegadis falcinellus

Collared Pratincole  Glareola pratincola

Melodious Warbler  Hippolais polyglotta

Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus

Western Bonelli's Warbler  Phylloscopus bonelli

Firecrest  Regulus ignicapilla

Corn Bunting  Emberiza calandra

Subalpine Warbler  Sylvia cantillan

European Stonechat  Saxicola rubicola

Zitting Cisticola  Cisticola juncidis

Goldfinch  Carduelis carduelis

Great Tit  Parus major

Hawfinch  Coccothraustes coccothraustes

European Blue Tit  Cyanistes caeruleus

European Serin Serinus serinus

Short-toed Treecreeper  Certhia brachydactyla

March 2012

New sounds uploaded (click below to go to sound player & sonogram):

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Blackbird songs & alarm calls

Warblers in Florida

• The Ayrshire Bird Report 2010 is now available

• Composite mix of late winter bird sounds recorded on Hampstead Heath, 25 February 2012

• featuring Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Nuthatch, Wren, Magpie, Great Tit and Robin.

Late Winter Bird Sounds on Hampstead Heath

January-February 2012

• New drawings uploaded (click to go to the gallery):

• Cycling and Birding to Work in London: Latest species list

• New trip report for Florida Keys uploaded:

• New trip report for Caerlaverock & Dumfriesshire uploaded:

December 2011

• New drawing uploaded (click to go to the gallery):

 November 2011

• New Gallery

October 2011

 • Photos of Ayrshire's first Pallid Harrier (Garnock Floods, 28.10.11 to 01.11.11) added to photography site.

• New drawings uploaded (click to go to the gallery):

September 2011

 • New drawings uploaded (click to go to the gallery):

August 2011

 • New Photo Galleries started:

• Laboratory

• miniWorld

July 2011

 • New Photo Galleries started:

• Vegetation Analysis

• People

June 2011

 • Trip report for Kindrogan uploaded

  • New photo album:

• [cycle_deconstruction]

April 2011

• Sounds and sonograms uploaded for Iberian Water Frog, Sardinian Warbler, Iberian Chiffchaff,

Western Bonelli's Warbler, European Bee-eater, Common Rosefinch, Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, Willow Warbler,

Red-breasted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, European Robin, Marsh Frog, Eurasian Reed Warbler,

• Sounds and sonograms uploaded for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Bullfinch, Skylark & Eurasian Crane.

March 2011

• Vocal mimicry in the Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra): mp3 files uploaded here.

• Sounds and sonograms uploaded for White-crowned Sparrow, Red-backed Shrike, Redwing, American Crow, Yellowhammer, Tristram's Warbler, Alpine Chough, Red-billed Chough, House Bunting, African Chaffinch, Common Bulbul, Marsh Warbler, Savi's Warbler, Monk Parakeet, Gambel's Quail, Sandhill Crane, Coal Tit, Eurasian Wigeon, Whooper Swan, Reed Warbler, Dunnock, Wren, Nightingale, Grey Heron, Spotted Flycatcher, Blackcap, White Stork & Song Thrush.

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Gambel's Quail

February 2011

• Morocco photo slideshows

• Cycling and Birding to Work in London: Latest species list

January 2011

• Bosque del Apache gallery to my bird photography site with photographs of Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese and Ross's Geese.

• New Mexico galleries added with photos from Bosque del Apache, White Sands, Three Rivers Petroglyphs, Taos Pueblo, Tent Rocks, Carlsbad Caverns, Roswell,  Rio Grande Gorge, San Francisco de Asis Church, Old San Miguel Mission, Socorro, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Sandia Peak, El Malpais, Very Large Array, Plains of San Agustin, Owl Bar & Cafe, San Antonio, Valley of Fires, and Valles Caldera.

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