Selected Black-headed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Ring canal around Bruges, Belgium
Date: 2 December 2018.

Place: Village Bay, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

Place: Venice, Italy
Date: 20 August 2019.

Place: Brindisi, Italy
Date: 18 September 2019.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 February 2021.

Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.

Place: Overstrand, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

[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).

Egyptian Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 1 March 2017.

Place: Canal Bruges-Ghent near Moerbrugge, Belgium
Date: 16 January 2019.

Place: Scotney Castle, Kent
Date: 3 April 2019.

Place: Sheffield Park, Haywards Heath, East Sussex
Date: 31 July 2019.

Place: Camping an der Friedensbrücke, Neckargemünd, Germany
Date: 16 August 2019.

[Alopochen aegyptiacus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Egyptian goose]

The sound of the Egyptian goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

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

Various Collared Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Date: 31 May 2017.

Place: Braga, northern Portugal
Date: 31 August 2018.

Place: Sesimbra, Setubal district, central Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

Place: Paravang, Blankenberge
Date: 21 January 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 February 2019.

Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

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

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

Fieldfares

Passeriformes #2

Place: Canal Bruges-Ghent near Moerbrugge, Belgium
Date: 16 January 2019.

[Turdus pilaris, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Fieldfare]

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

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

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).

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).

Deceased Guillemot

Charadriiformes

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

[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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

Cormorants in the Trees

Suliformes

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

Place: Canal Bruges-Ghent near Moerbrugge
Date: 16 January 2019.

[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

The sound of the cormorant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Turnstones at the Belgian Coast

Charadriiformes

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

[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy turnstone]

The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)

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

Black-crowned Night Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: The Zwin near Knokke, Belgium
Date: 4 May 2013.

[Nycticorax nycticorax, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-crowned night heron]

The sound of the black-crowned night heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Aat Schaftenaar)

Distribution of the black-crowned night heron across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).