Little Egrets from Wales

Pelecaniformes

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.





Place: Afon Dwyryd near Portmeirion, Gwynedd
Date: 20 November 2018.



Place: Lower Meadow (between Melingruffydd feeder and Glamorganshire Canal), Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.





[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

The sound of the little egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Shetland Common Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Grutness, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.


Place: Bressay, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.



[Sterna hirundo, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common tern]

The sound of the common tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Ahmed)

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

Swan Goose

Anseriformes

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





[Anser cygnoides, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Swan goose]

The sound of the swan goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jorge Leitão)

Juvenile Red-backed Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kastraki, Thessaly, Greece
Date: 23 August 2019.







[Lanius collurio, Family Laniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-backed shrike]

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

Distribution of the red-backed shrike across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Crag Martins from Iberia

Passeriformes #1

Place: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, North-western Spain
Date: 24 August 2018.










Place: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, North-western Spain
Date: 25 August 2018.



Place: Senhora da Peneda, Peneda-Gerês National Park, Northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.





Place: Mosteiro de Tibães, near Braga, Northern Portugal
Date: 31 August 2018.



Place: Belmonte, North-east Portugal between Guarda and Castelo Branco
Date: 4 September 2018.




[Ptyonoprogne rupestris, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian crag martin]

The sound of the crag martin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Hooded Crows from Scotland

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Mainland
Date: 24 July 2017.




Place: Bunchrew, Beauly Firth
Date: 27 July 2017.





Place: RSPB Sumburgh, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.


Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.


Place: Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 10 June 2018.


Place: Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 11 June 2018.


Place: Arnol Blackhouse, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.



Place: Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.


Place: Gress, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.



[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

The sound of the hooded crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Harrop)

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

Sulawesi Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.



[Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sulawesi hornbill]

The sound of the Sulawesi hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Gallardy)

White-tailed Eagle

Accipitriformes

Place: Aline, Border of Isles of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides
Date: 11 June 2019.




[Haliaeetus albicilla, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-tailed eagle]

The sound of the white-tailed eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

Distribution and sightings of the white-tailed eagle across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Glossy Ibis in Cornwall

Pelecaniformes

Place: RSPB Marazion Marsh, Cornwall
Date: 21 April 2019.




[Plegadis falcinellus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glossy ibis]

The sound of the glossy ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

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