Forest Farm Snipes, Part 1

Charadriiformes

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 November 2017.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 November 2017.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 October 2018.

[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).

Kentish Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Voidokoilia Beach, Messinia, Greece
Date: 11 September 2019.

[Charadrius alexandrinus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Kentish plover]

The sound of the Kentish plover (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Gabriel Leite)

Distribution of the Kentish plover across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Common Sandpipers from the Outer Hebrides

Charadriiformes

Place: Bosta Iron Age village, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 8 June 2019.

Place: Rhenigidale, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides
Date: 14 June 2019.

Place: Craigston, Barra, Outer Hebrides
Date: 21 June 2019.

[Actitis hypoleucos, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common sandpiper]

The sound of the common sandpiper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Various Common Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Blankenberge Beach, Belgium
Date: 21 January 2019.

Place: Inverewe Gardens, Highlands, Scotland
Date: 4 June 2019.

Place: Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.

Place: Rodel, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides
Date: 12 June 2019.

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

[Larus canus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common gull]

The sound of the common gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Puffin Carrying Sand Eels

Charadriiformes

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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

Various Black-tailed Godwit

Charadriiformes

Place: Marismas del Odiel, Andalucia
Date: 17 June 2015.

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

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 8 November 2017.

Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.

[Limosa limosa, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-tailed godwit]

The sound of the black-tailed godwit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the black-tailed godwit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Great Skua Communal Bath

Charadriiformes

Place: Loch of Cliff, Burrafirth, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

[Stercorarius skua, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great skua]

The sound of the great skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Ringed Plovers from the Shetlands

Charadriiformes

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Bressay, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Eshaness Lighthouse, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.

Place: Minn Beach, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Norwick, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

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

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

Welsh Black-headed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: River Taff upstream from Rady Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.

Place: River Taff upstream from Rady Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

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

[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

The sound of the black-headed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

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

Whimbrel

Charadriiformes

Place: Halligarth Woods, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Cabo Carvoeira, near Peniche, coast north of Lisbon
Date: 7 September 2018.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Whimbrel]

The sound of the whimbrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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