Somerset Levels Mute Swans

Anseriformes

Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 10 October 2016.

Place: Noah’s Lake, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Glastonbury Canal, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Lake Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: North Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Path between car park and Viridor Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Bar-headed Goose

Anseriformes

Place: St. James’s Park, London
Date: 2 March 2018.

[Anser indicus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Bar-headed goose]

The sound of the bar-headed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Distribution and sightings of the bar-headed goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Wigeons

Anseriformes

Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 5 February 2018.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.

Place: Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve, Blackpool, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

[Mareca penelope, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wigeon]

The sound of the wigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

More River Taff Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2017.

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 January 2018.

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]

The sound of the goosander (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Ross’s Goose

Anseriformes

Place: St. James’s Park, London
Date: 2 March 2018.

[Anser rossii, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ross’s goose]

The sound of Ross’s goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Distribution and sightings of Ross’s goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Orkney Eider Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: Aikerness Beach, Orkney mainland
Date: 22 July 2017.

Place: Marwick Head, Orkney mainland
Date: 21 July 2017.

[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]

The sound of the eider (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Italian Shelduck

Anseriformes

Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 17 June 2017.

Place: Salt pans near Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily, Italy
Date: 25 May 2016.

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily, Italy
Date: 25 May 2016.

[Tadorna tadorna, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common shelduck]

The sound of the shelduck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Gadwall

Anseriformes

Place: Lydiard Park near Swindon, Wiltshire
Dates: 4 December 2017.

Place: Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve, Blackpool, Lancashire
Dates: 26 February 2018.

[Mareca strepera, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Gadwall]

The sound of the gadwall (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Southern Screamer

Anseriformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Dates: 9 July 2017.

[Chauna torquata, Family Anhimidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern screamer]

The sound of the Southern screamer (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Barry Edmonston)

Canada Goose at Radyr Weir

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff at Rady Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 19 November 2017.

[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

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

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