Category Archives: Anseriformes

Pintails

Anseriformes

Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 2023.







[Anas acuta, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern pintail]

The sound of the pintail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernand Deroussen)

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

Barnacle Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Llangorse Common, Powys
Date: 3 April 2023.

















[Branta leucopsis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barnacle goose]

The sound of the barnacle goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Willem-Pier Vellinga)

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

More Selected Canada Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Tower Hide, Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.


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


Place: RSPB Newport Wetlands, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.


Place: Oronsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.



Place: Tower Hide, Westhay Moors, Somerset Levels
Date: 18 April 2023.


[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

The sound of the Canada goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Darrell-Lambert)

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

Whooper Swan in Cardiff Bay

Anseriformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 November 2022.









[Cygnus cygnus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Whooper swan]

The sound of the whooper swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Selected Mute Swans, Part 2

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2021.



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


Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 16 April 2022.


Place: Belleek, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Date: 31 August 2022.



Place: Kensington Gardens, London
Date: 26 October 2022.



Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2023.


Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 2023.



Place: River Severn near Worcester, Worcestershire
Date: 30 March 2023.



[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Selected Mute Swans, Part 1

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 December 2018.



Place: Queen Elizabeth Gardens, Salisbury
Date: 24 December 2018.



Place: Avalon hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.


Place: RSPB Ynys-hir Marian Mawr hide, Ceredigion
Date: 22 November 2020.



Place: Cannop Lakes, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
Date: 25 April 2021.



Place: Sizergh Castle Castle near Kendall, Cumbria
Date: 5 June 2021.






[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Dabbling Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Derwent Reservoir, Peak District National Park
Date: 29 July 2020.







Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 September 2021.



Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 April 2022.



[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Selected Greylag Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve, Blackpool, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.




Place: River Thames near Streatley-on-Thames, Berkshire
Date: 30 April 2019.


Place: Ravenspoint, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 8 June 2019.


Place: Lake Windmere near Wray Castle, Lake District
Date: 7 October 2020.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.



Place: Cragside Estate, Rothbury, Northumbria
Date: 9 June 2021.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.


Place: Cheddar Reservoir, Cheddar, Somerset
Date: 14 March 2022.


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


[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).
Distribution and sightings of the greylag goose across the British Isles

More Gadwalls

Anseriformes

Place: Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset
Date: 13 March 2022.






Place: Lake near Screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.




Place: Kensington Gardens, London
Date: 26 October 2022.


[Mareca strepera, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Gadwall]

The sound of the gadwall (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Selected Wigeons

Anseriformes

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




Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 2 February 2019.


Place: West Viewing Platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.



Place: Lows Hide, Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.





[Mareca penelope, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wigeon]

The sound of the wigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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