Category Archives: Gruiformes

Water Rail at Parc Slip

Gruiformes

Place: Parc Pond, Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 8 January 2019.









[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).

Moorhen Eating a Newt

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 March 2019.













[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

Gruiformes

Place: Newport Wetlands, South Wales
Date: 14 February 2016.



Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 30 April 2016.


Place: Lagoas de Santo André e Sancha, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.


Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.


[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).

Red-crowned Crane

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.



[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 Guy Kirwan)

Distribution of the red-crowned crane across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Forest Farm Moorhen with Chicks

Gruiformes

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.








Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 April 2018.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 July 2018.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 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).

Water Rail

Gruiformes

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 December 2017.















[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).

Coots in Somerset Levels

Gruiformes

Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.





[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).

White-naped Crane

Gruiformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Dates: 9 July 2017.






[Antigone vipio, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-naped crane]

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

Grey-winged Trumpeter

Gruiformes

Place: Slimbridge WWT Tropical House, Gloucestershire
Dates: 14 February 2010.




[Psophia crepitans, Family Psophiidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey-winged trumpeter]

The sound of the grey-winged trumpeter (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist John V. Moore)

Water Rail

Gruiformes

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 26 October 2016.


[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).