Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 April 2017.
[Recurvirostra avosetta, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied avocet]
The sound of the avocet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)
Distribution and sightings of the avocet across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 