Place: Visitor Centre, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.
Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Branta ruficollis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted goose]
The sound of the red-breasted goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Sander Bot)
Distribution and sightings of the red-breasted goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Anas erythrorhyncha, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed teal]
The sound of the red-billed teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)
Distribution and sightings of the red-billed teal across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 1 March 2017.
Place: Canal Bruges-Ghent near Moerbrugge, Belgium
Date: 16 January 2019.
Place: Scotney Castle, Kent
Date: 3 April 2019.
Place: Sheffield Park, Haywards Heath, East Sussex
Date: 31 July 2019.
Place: Camping an der Friedensbrücke, Neckargemünd, Germany
Date: 16 August 2019.
[Alopochen aegyptiacus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Egyptian goose]
The sound of the Egyptian goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Distribution and sightings of the Egyptian goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bosherton Lakes, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.
Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.
Place: Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal near Pencelli, Brecon, Powys
Date: 29 August 2020.
[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).
Place: Heron’s Wing Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.
Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Anas acuta, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern pintail]
The sound of the pintail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)
Distribution and sightings of the pintail across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 October 2018.
Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 October 2018.
[Anser anser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greylag goose]
The sound of the greylag goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the greylag goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 May 2020.
This mallard behaved in a very strange fashion (see video), as if it had something stuck in its throat and couldn’t dislodge it.
[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).
Place: Chesil Beach Centre, Portland, Dorset
Date: 7 March 2020.
Place: Penrhos, Holy Island, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.
Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 26 December 2020.
[Branta bernicla, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brant (goose)]
The sound of the brent goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)
Distribution and sightings of the brent goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.
Place: Kildonan, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 18 June 2019.
[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]
The sound of the eider duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)
Distribution and sightings of the eider duck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Visitor Centre, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.
[Branta sandvicensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Nene (bird)]
The sound of the Nene goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Phoenix Birder)
Distribution and sightings of the Nene goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
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