Category Archives: Pelecaniformes

Glossy Ibis at Somerset Levels

Pelecaniformes

Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 19 April 2023.







[Plegadis falcinellus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glossy ibis]

The sound of the glossy ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Grey Herons from Ireland

Pelecaniformes

Place: Portmagee, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 9 September 2022.





Place: Knight’s Town, Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 9 September 2022.




Place: Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Date: 12 September 2022.



Place: Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland
Date: 12 September 2022.



Place: River Suir near Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, Ireland
Date: 13 September 2022.


Place: Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Date: 16 September 2022.


Place: Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, County Wexford, Ireland
Date: 16 September 2022.


[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Various Great White Egrets

Pelecaniformes

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



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



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






Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 30 July 2022.


Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 October 2022.



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




[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

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

Selected Little Egrets, Part 2

Pelecaniformes

Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.




Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.




Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.


Place: Llanfairfechan beach, North Wales
Date: 30 September 2020.



Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.


Place: Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.


Place: Orford Quay, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.





Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.


Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2023.




[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

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

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

Selected Little Egrets, Part 1

Pelecaniformes

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.



Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 February 2018.







Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 11 April 2018.


Place: Harnham Water Meadows, Salisbury
Date: 24 December 2018.



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



Place: Gialova Lagoon, Messenia, Greece
Date: 10 September 2019.



Place: Kalogera Lagoon, Achaia, Greece
Date: 15 September 2019.




Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.



[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

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

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

Northern Bald Ibis

Pelecaniformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.







[Geronticus eremita, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern bald ibis]

The sound of the northern bald ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

Boat-billed Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.








[Cochlearius cochlearius, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Boat-billed heron]

The sound of the boat-billed heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Kent Livezey)

Heronries

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 20 February 2018.



Place: Loch Leven Castle, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2018.



Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2019.










Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 3 March 2020.





Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 12 April 2020.





Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 18 January 2022.







[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Cattle Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: Godney, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.







[Bubulcus ibis, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cattle egret]

The sound of the cattle egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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