Tufted Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 1 March 2017.

Place: London Wetlands WWT
Date: 9 July 2017.

Place: Fleetwood Marsh Nature Park, Fleetwood, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

The sound of the tufted duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Coot with Young

Gruiformes

Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.

Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 July 2021.

[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 coot across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Blue Tit Winkling Out a Grub

Passeriformes #1

Place: Camping Alfios, Olympia, Greece
Date: 14 September 2019.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

The sound of the blue tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Selected Grey Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: River Tummel, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.

Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

[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).

Linnets from Northumbria

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lindisfarne, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

Place: Coast South of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

Place: Coast South of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 8 June 2021.

[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

The sound of the linnet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.

[Anser albifrons, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greater white-fronted goose]

The sound of the greater white-fronted goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

Distribution and sightings of the greater white-fronted goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Hooded Crows from Sardinia

Passeriformes #1

Place: Torre Salinas, Sardinia
Date: 12 June 2017.

Place: Torre del Porticciolo, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.

Place: Alghero, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.

Place: Torre del Porticciolo, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.

Place: Isola Asinara, Sardinia
Date: 22 June 2017.

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

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

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

Various Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 23 April 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

Place: RSPB Ynys-hir visitor centre, Ceredigion
Date: 22 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2020.

[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian nuthatch]

The sound of the nuthatch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Great Skuas on Noss

Charadriiformes

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

[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).

Jackdaw Couple on Chimney

Passeriformes #1

Place: Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.

[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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