Coots

Gruiformes

Place: Barnsdale, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Laggons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.

Place: Roonivoolin Trail, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 1 May 2023.

Place: Temple Water, Castle Ward Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 June 2023.

Place: Lake near screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 20 April 2024.

Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 April 2024.

[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

The sound of the coot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Moorhen

Gruiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 October 2021.

Place: Fourteen Locks Canal Centre, Newport, Gwent
Date: 13 November 2021.

Place: Dartington, Devon
Date: 28 January 2022.

Place: Greylake RSPB, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 October 2022.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 22 April 2023.

[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Water Rail at Forest Farm

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 January 2023.

[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

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

Selected Moorhens

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 April 2016.

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

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 April 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 May 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 May 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 July 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Water Rails

Gruiformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 November 2021.

[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

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

Hidden Corncrake Call

Gruiformes

Place: Backpackers Hostel, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 11 June 2022.

Place: Backpackers Hostel, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 12 June 2022.

Place: Oronsay Priory, Oronsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.

[Crex crex, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Corn crake]

The sound of the corncrake (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Spotted Crake (Stuffed Specimen)

Gruiformes

Place: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

[Porzana porzana, Family Rallidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted crake]

The sound of the spotted crake (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jacek Betleja)

Distribution of the spotted crake across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Coot with Young

Gruiformes

Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.

Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 July 2021.

[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

The sound of the coot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Moorhen on the Ice

Gruiformes

Place: Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

More Forest Farm Water Rails

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.

[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

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