Male Gadwall / Female Mallard

Anseriformes

Place: Arundel, West Sussex
Date: 18 March 2017.

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

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

[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (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).

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

Various Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Cardiff Bay
Date: 4 February 2017.

Place: Arnside estuary, Cumbria
Date: 8 February 2017.

Place: Llanberis, Snowdonia
Date: 25 March 2016.

[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).

Red-crested Pochard

Anseriformes

Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 1 March 2017.

[Netta rufina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-crested pochard]

The sound of the red-crested pochard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Distribution and sightings of the red-crested pochard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Fighting Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 February 2017.

[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

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

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

Pintail

Anseriformes

Place: Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire
Dates: 9 February 2017.

[Anas acuta, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern pintail]

The sound of the pintail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernand Deroussen)

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

Pochard

Anseriformes

Place: Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels
Dates: 10 March 2013.

[Aythya ferina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pochard]

The sound of the pochard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

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

Shoveler

Anseriformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.

[Anas 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).

Cape Barren Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.

[Cereopsis novaehollandiae, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cape Barren goose]

The sound of the Cape Barren goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nick Talbot)

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

Bewick’s Swan

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.

[Cygnus columbianus bewickii, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tundra swan]

The sound of Bewick’s swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Richard Dunn)

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

Wigeon

Anseriformes

Place: Newport Wetlands, South Wales
Dates: 3 November 2016.

[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).