Chestnut Teal

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.



[Anas castanea, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chestnut teal]

The sound of the chestnut teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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

Juvenile Rock Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Castro Laboreiro castle, Peneda-Gerês National Park, northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.




[Emberiza cia, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock bunting]

The sound of the rock bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist João Tomás)

Forest Farm Treecreepers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2018.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2018.



[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Black-crowned Night Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: The Zwin near Knokke, Belgium
Date: 4 May 2013.



[Nycticorax nycticorax, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-crowned night heron]

The sound of the black-crowned night heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Aat Schaftenaar)

Distribution of the black-crowned night heron across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Dipper

Passeriformes #2

Place: Aberdulais Falls, Neath Valley
Date: 31 May 2018.











[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

Various Skylark

Passeriformes #1

Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.



Place: Gower Peninsula near Arthur’s Stone
Date: 10 May 2018.





Place: Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.


[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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

Lesser Black-backed Gull Chicks

Charadriiformes

Place: Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland
Date: 25 June 2018.











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

Melanistic Domesticated Mallard

[also known as a Cayuga duck]

Anseriformes

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



[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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