Category Archives: Anseriformes

Female Smew

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.



Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.



[Mergellus albellus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Smew]

The sound of the smew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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

Bewick’s Swan

Anseriformes

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





[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).
Distribution and sightings of Bewick's swan across the British Isles

Red-crested Pochard

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.




[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 Lars Buckx)

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

Ruddy-headed Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.



[Chloephaga rubidiceps, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy-headed goose]

The sound of the ruddy-headed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

Juvenile Goosanders in Cardiff Bay

Anseriformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 20 October 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).
Distribution and sightings of the goosander across the British Isles

Various Gadwall

Anseriformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 20 March 2018.






Place: Creswell Crags, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.



Place: Sir Peter Scott Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.







Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 28 September 2019.





Place: Tor View Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.




Place: Avalon hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.


[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).
Distribution and sightings of the gadwall across the British Isles

Red-breasted Mergansers from Scotland

Anseriformes

Place: River Tummel, Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 6 June 2018.


Place: Montrose Basin Wildlife Trust, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.









Place: Ravenspoint, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 5 June 2019.




Place: Aird beach, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.


[Mergus serrator, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted merganser]

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

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

Pink-footed Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Fields near Damme, Belgium
Date: 18 January 2020.









[Anser brachyrhynchus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pink-footed goose]

The sound of the pink-footed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew McCafferty)

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

Greylag Geese from Wales

Anseriformes

Place: Oxwich Bay, Gower Peninsula
Date: 10 May 2018.



Place: Goodall’s Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.


Place: British Steel Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.




Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.



Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 30 November 2019.




Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 February 2019.




[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).
Distribution and sightings of the greylag goose across the British Isles