Change of the guard for nest duty.
Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Dates: 22 April 2017.
[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 Eurasian coot across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 24 August 2012.
[Torgos tracheliotos, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lappet-faced vulture]
[Gyps africanus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-backed vulture]
The sound of the white-backed vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Dates: 19-21 August 2012.
[Microcarbo africanus, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Reed cormorant]
The sound of the reed cormorant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bram Piot)
Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.
Place: Dale near St. Anne’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2017.
Place: Kete near St. Anne’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2017.
Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.
Place: Newgale, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 20 April 2017.
[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]
The sound of the linnet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)
Distribution and sightings of the linnet across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Kew Gardens, London
Dates: 1 March 2017.
[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: Deer Park near Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.
Place: Nash Brook near Monknash, Vale of Glamorgan
Dates: 15 April 2017.
[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]
The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)
Distribution and sightings of the chough across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 28 / 30 August 2012.
[Pternistis adspersus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed spurfowl]
The sound of the red-billed francolin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Place: Penmon, Anglesey
Date: 5 April 2017.
[Thalasseus sandvicensis, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sandwich tern]
The sound of the sandwich tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)
Distribution and sightings of the sandwich tern across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly
Date: 30 July 2016.
[Corvus albus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied crow]
The sound of the pied crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.
[Phoenicopterus ruber, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: American flamingo]
The sound of the Caribbean flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Catriona Leven)
Marnix's Bird Gallery 