Place: Aylesford Friary, Maidstone, Kent
Date: 26 September 2015.
Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Date: 2 July 2016.
Place: River Test near Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 26 December 2018.
[Cygnus atratus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black swan]
The sound of the black swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)
Distribution and sightings of the black swan across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.
[Garrulax bicolor, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sumatran laughingthrush]
Generally referred to as “Flossie”, this glossy ibis has been a constant resident at Goldcliff Lagoons since January 2018. Just recently (November 2020) he/she has acquired a companion.
Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.
[Plegadis falcinellus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glossy ibis]
The sound of the glossy ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Oscar Campbell)
Distribution and sightings of the glossy ibis across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Spheniscus humboldti, Family Spheniscidae, Order Sphenisciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Humboldt penguin]
The sound of the Humboldt penguin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Cristian Pinto)
Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 8 November 2017.
Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.
Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.
Place: Bec’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.
[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]
The sound of the snipe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the snipe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Kardamyli, West Mani, Messenia, Greece
Date: 8 September 2019.
[Curruca melanocephala, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sardinian warbler]
The sound of the Sardinian warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ulf Elman)
Distribution of the Sardinian warbler across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Cinnyris coccinigastrus, Family Nectariniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Splendid sunbird]
The sound of the splendid sunbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Joost van Bruggen)
Place: Coast path between Durgan and Helford Passage, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.
[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]
The sound of the goldfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)
Distribution and sightings of the goldfinch across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Path between Ty Pellaf and School, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.
Place: Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.
Place: South of Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.
Place: Pembrokeshire Coastal Path near Manorbier
Date: 21 July 2020.
Place: Pembrokeshire Coastal Path near Angle
Date: 22 July 2020.
[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).
Place: Porto, Corsica
Date: 28 May 2017.
Place: Filitosa, Corsica
Date: 1 June 2017.
Place: Monte Ortobene, Sardinia
Date: 10 June 2017.
Place: Is Arenas, Sardinia
Date: 17 June 2017.
[Garrulus glandarius, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian jay]
The sound of the jay (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)
Distribution and sightings of the jay across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
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