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Wild & Ancient Britain and Ireland WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS (Birds Wild & Ancient Britain and Ireland WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS (Birds & Mammals) NOTE - Species listed in order of date of first seeing them following embarkation BIRDS May 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th Carrion Crow Corvus corone X X X X X X Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica X X X X X X X X X X X Jackdaw (Western) Coloeus monedula X X X X X X X X X Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus X X X X X X X X X European Herring Gull Larus argentatus X X X X X X X X X X Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus X X X X X Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus X X X X X X X X X X X X Eurasian Magpie Pica pica X X X X X Common Tern Sterna hirundo X X Northern Gannet Morus bassanus X X X X X X X X X X X X Grey Heron Ardea cinerea X X X X Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo X X X X X X X X X X Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris X X X X X X X X X X X X Eurasian Oystercartcher Haematopus ostralegus X X X X X X X X X X Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis X X X X X X X X X X Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus X X X X X X X X X X Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla X X X X X X X X X X X Common Loon Gavia immer X X X X Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus X X Eurasian Coot Fulica atra X X Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes X X X X X X X X X X Common Blackbird Turdus merula X X X X X X X X Song Thrush Turdus philomelos X X X X X European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis X X X X X X European Robin Erithacus rubecula X X X X X X X May 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th Goldcrest Regulus regulus X H X X Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs X X X X Northern Raven Corvus corax X X X X X X White Wagtail (Pied) Motacilla alba X X X X X X X Comon Buzzard Buteo buteo X X X Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus X X X X X X Great Tit Parus major X X X X Coal Tit Periparus ater X X Nuthatch Sitta europaea X Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla X X X X Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita H H X X Tawny Owl Strix aluco H Common Murre Uria aalge X X X X X X X X X X European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis X X X X X X X X X X Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis X Little Egret Egretta garzetta X X Feral Pigeon Columba livia (domestica) X X X X X X X Dunnock Prunella modularis X X X X X X European Greenfinch Chloris chloris X X X House Sparrow Passer domesticus X X X X X X X Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis X X X X X X X X X X X Rook Corvus frugilegus X X X X X X X X Whinchat Saxicola rubetra X X European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola X X X X X X Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata X X X Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus X X X X Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula X X X X X X Dunlin Calidris alpina X X X X X X X Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia X May 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos X X Common House Martin Delichon urbicum X X X X X Sand Martin Riparia riparia X X X X X X X Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus X Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus X X X X X Common Linnet Linaria cannabina X X X X X X Gadwall Mareca strepera X Common Pochard Aythya ferina X Mute Swan Cygnus olor X X X X Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus X Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus X X X X X X X X X Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna X X X X X X Canada Goose Branta canadensis? X X Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa X Mallard Anas platyrhynchos X X X X X Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus X X Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica X X X X X X X X Hooded Crow Corvus cornix X X X X X X X Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus X X X X X Sanderling Calidris alba X X Common Grasshopper Locustella naevia X Warbler Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus X X X Razorbill Alca torda X X X X X X Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus X Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax X X X X X Spotted Flycartcher Muscicapa striata X Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis X X May 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th Garden Warbler Sylvia borin X Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus X H X Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis X X Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus X X Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis X X Common Eider Somateria mollissima X X X X X X Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe X X X X X X Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis X X X X X Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus X Greylag Goose Anser anser X X X X Common Redshank Tringa totanus X X X Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea X X X Twite Sterna paradisaea X Corn Crake Sterna paradisaea H Great Skua Stercorarius skua X X X X Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima X X Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava X Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus X Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis X Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula X Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata X X Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus X X European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus H Bluethroat Luscinia svecica X Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca X Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus X Redwing Turdus iliacus X May 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th MAMMALS Eurasian Otter Lutra Lutra X Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus X Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena X Common Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata X Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis X X X Notes - Species listed in order of date of first seeing them. - All English bird names follow the IOC World Bird List of international English names. - List does not include species seen before Embarkation on the Ocean Adventurer in Portsmouth - H = Heard Only Itinerary 5th May - Portsmouth/Embark Ocean Adventurer 6th May - Falmouth/Trebah/Eden Project 7th May - Isles of Scilly 8th May - Ballinskelligs 9th May - Dunmore East/Waterford/Saltee Islands 10th May - Isle of Man 11th May - Giants Causeway/Islay 12th May - Staffa/Iona 13th May - Stac Lee/Saint Kilda/Flannan Islands 14th May - Orkeny Islands 15th May - Shetland Islands 16th May - Fair Isle.
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