Place: Lotherton Wildlife World, Aberford, West Yorkshire
Date: 16 October 2025.
[Ducula aenea paulina, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Green imperial pigeon]
The sound of the chestnut-naped imperial pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lim Ying Hien)
Place: ‘t Zwin, Knokke, Belgium
Date: 9 November 2025.
[Branta leucopsis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barnacle goose]
The sound of the barnacle goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Willem-Pier Vellinga)
Distribution and sightings of the barnacle goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Midway Viewing Platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 13 April 2025.
[Plegadis falcinellus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glossy ibis]
The sound of the glossy ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)
Distribution and sightings of the glossy ibis across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Carrick-a-Rede, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.
Place: Harbour, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.
Place: Omey Island, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 3 September 2022.
Place: Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland
Date: 4 September 2022.
Place: Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, County Wexford, Ireland
Date: 16 September 2022.
Place: Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 26 June 2023.
Place: Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 June 2023.
[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]
The sound of the black-headed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the black-headed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.
Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.
Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 30 April 2024.
Place: North Haven, Skomer
Date: 1 May 2024.
Place: Bull Hole, Skomer
Date: 8 July 2025.
Place: Tom’s House, Skomer
Date: 8 July 2025.
Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 8 July 2025.
Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Date: 8 July 2025.
[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]
The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)
Distribution and sightings of the guillemot across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Pointe St. Clement, Esnandes, France
Date: 28 August 2024.
Place: St. Trojan-les-Bains, Île d’Oléron, France
Date: 3 September 2024.
[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).
Place: Bristol Zoo, Bristol
Date: 18 June 2025.
[Balearica regulorum gibbericeps, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey crowned crane]
The sound of the grey crowned crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)
Distribution and sightings of the grey crowned crane across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bridge near Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 April 2022.
Place: Moorey Mere, Skomer
Date: 30 April 2024.
Place: Farm, Skomer
Date: 30 April 2024.
Place: Camping Municipal de Verdalle, Gujan Mestras, Gironde, France
Date: 7 September 2024.
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 December 2024.
Place: Field Opposite Old School, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 28 April 2025.
Place: Cristin Withy Bed, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 30 April 2025.
Place: North Valley, Skomer
Date: 8 July 2025.
Place: Field Barn Park campsite near Bourton-on-the-Water
Date: 19 August 2025.
[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]
The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)
Distribution and sightings of the wood pigeon across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Castle Espie WWT, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 29 June 2023.
[Spatula puna, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Puna teal]
The sound of the ostrich (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Juan Mazar Barnett)
Place: Bristol Zoo, Bristol
Date: 18 June 2025.
[Struthio camelus, Family Struthionidae, Order Struthioniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ostrich]
The sound of the ostrich (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jeremy Hegge)
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