Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.
[Falco columbarius, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Merlin (bird)]
The sound of the merlin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tayler Brooks)
Distribution and sightings of the merlin across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 