Merlin

Falconiformes

Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 25 July 2016.




[Falco columbarius, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Merlin (bird)]

The sound of the merlin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tayler Brooks)

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

Chilean Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

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





[Phoenicopterus chilensis, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chilean flamingo]

The sound of the Chilean flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

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

Smooth-billed Ani

Cuculiformes

Place: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Dates: 20 August 2010.



[Crotophaga ani, Family Cuculidae, Order Cuculiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Smooth-billed ani]

The sound of the smooth-billed ani (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patricio Mena Valenzuela)

Southern Fiscal Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Maun, Botswana
Dates: 1 September 2012.




[Lanius collaris, Family Laniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern fiscal]

The sound of the southern fiscal shrike (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Goldfinches of Spain and Italy

Passeriformes #3

Place: Navarrete, Spain
Dates: 11 May 2016.






Place: Avola, Sicily
Dates: 24/25 May 2016.





Place: Pozzallo, Sicily
Dates: 26 May 2016.


Place: Navarrete, Spain
Dates: 22 June 2016.






[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

The sound of the goldfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Greenshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.




[Tringa nebularia, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common greenshank]

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

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

Moorhen on a Stick

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 29 October 2016.





[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

The sound of the moorhen (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Krzysztof Deoniziak)

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

Squacco Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Dates: 21 August 2012.



[Ardeola ralloides, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Squacco heron]

The sound of the squacco heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Distribution of the moorhen across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Yellow-legged Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Dates: 25 May 2016.








[Larus michahellis, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellow-legged gull]

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

Distribution of the yellow-legged gull across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

White Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Zaragoza, Spain
Dates: 21 June 2016.







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

The sound of the white wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

Distribution of the white wagtail across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).