Great Skua on St.Kilda

Charadriiformes

Place: Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.









Place: Stac an Armin, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.









[Stercorarius skua, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great skua]

The sound of the great skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Ringed Plovers from Wales

Charadriiformes

Place: Broughton Bay, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.




Place: Porthdinllaen, Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.




Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.





[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

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

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

Avocets at Goldcliff Lagoons

Charadriiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 13 July 2020.








[Recurvirostra avosetta, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied avocet]

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

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

Juvenile Moorhen

Gruiformes

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







Place: Zaragoza, Spain
Date: 21 June 2016.








Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 2016.



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

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

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

Peafowl

Galliformes

Place: Schloss Ambras near Innsbruck, Austria
Date: 18 August 2019.




Place: Brownsea Island, Dorset
Date: 5 August 2020.



[Pavo cristatus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Indian peafowl]

The sound of the peafowl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Rajgopal Patil)

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

Various Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Deeside Holiday Park, Maryculter, Aberdeenshire
Date: 14 July 2017.







Place: St.Nicholas Church Gardens, Liverpool
Date: 17 April 2018.



Place: Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.





Place: Mezio, Peneda-Gerês National Park, northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.







Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.


Place: Newark Park, Gloucestershire
Date: 17 March 2020.



[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

Welsh Whitethroats

Passeriformes #1

Place: Whistling Sands, Porthor, Gwynedd
Date: 17 May 2019.







Place: Nant plantation, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.



[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

Grey Wagtails from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.






Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.




Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.




Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.



Place: River Taff near Radyr Station, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.



[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

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

Teal

Anseriformes

Place: RSPB Marshside, near Southport, Merseyside
Date: 25 February 2018.



Place: Welsh Wildlife Centre, Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 31 March 2018.


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



Place: Northern Wetlands, Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Aberkenfig, near Bridgend
Date: 8 January 2019.


[Anas crecca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian teal]

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

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