Coot

Gruiformes

Place: Newport Wetlands, South Wales
Date: 14 February 2016.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 30 April 2016.

Place: Lagoas de Santo André e Sancha, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.

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

[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

The sound of the coot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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