Category Archives: Gruiformes

Moorhen and Chick

Gruiformes

Place: Porto Sosalinos, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 10 June 2017.






[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).

Common Crane

Gruiformes

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







[Grus grus, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common crane]

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

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

Guarding the Coot Nest

Change of the guard for nest duty.

Gruiformes

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).

Demoiselle Crane

Gruiformes

Place: Iguaçu Bird Park, Brazil
Date: 23 April 2014.



[Grus (Anthropoides) virgo, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Demoiselle crane]

The sound of the demoiselle crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Oscar Campbell)

Red-crowned Crane

Gruiformes

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







[Grus japonensis, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-crowned crane]

The sound of the red-crowned crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Gallardy)

Moorhen on a Stick

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 29 October 2016.





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

The sound of the moorhen (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Krzysztof Deoniziak)

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

Juvenile Moorhen

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 2016.






[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).

Coot With Young

Gruiformes

Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Date: 2 July 2016.




Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Date: 4 July 2016.








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

The sound of the Eurasian 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).

Grey Crowned Crane

Gruiformes

Place: Iguaçu Bird Park, Brazil
Date: 23 April 2014.



Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.



[Balearica regulorum, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey crowned crane]

The sound of the grey crowned crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)