Grey Herons from Abroad

Pelecaniformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.

Place: C. Campidouro, Medas, west of Porto on Rio Douro, Portugal
Date: 2 September 2018.

Place: Koningin Astridpark, Bruges, Belgium
Date: 2 December 2018.

Place: Limni Moustou, south of Naplio, Greece
Date: 3 September 2019.

Place: San Vincente de la Barquera, Cantabria, Spain
Date: 20 September 2023.

Place: Bréca, La Grande Brière, Brittany, France
Date: 13 July 2024.

Place: Le Teich Reserve Ornithologique, east of Arcachon, France
Date: 6 September 2024.

[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Common Terns on Brownsea Island

Charadriiformes

Place: Brownsea Island, Dorset
Date: 25 July 2025.

Place: Brownsea Island, Dorset
Date: 26 July 2025.

Place: Brownsea Island, Dorset
Date: 27 July 2025.

[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).

Greenshank on Isle of Canna

Charadriiformes

Place: Isle of Canna, Scotland
Date: 5 September 2025.

[Tringa nebularia, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common greenshank]

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

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

Little Stint

Charadriiformes

Place: Dale, Pembrokeshire
Date: 23 August 2025.

[Calidris minuta, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little stint]

The sound of the little stint (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Martin Sutherland)

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

Great Argus

Galliformes

Place: Lotherton Wildlife World, Aberford, West Yorkshire
Date: 16 October 2025.

[Argusianus argus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great argus]

Shoveler

Anseriformes

Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 2023.

Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 April 2024.

Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 12 April 2025.

Place: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumbria
Date: 12 September 2025.

Place: Nostell Priory, Nostell, West Yorkshire
Date: 14 October 2025.

[Spatula clypeata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern shoveler]

The sound of the shoveler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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