Rhea

Rheiformes

Place: Norden Farm, Corfe Castle, Dorset
Date: 12 August 2023.

[Rhea americana, Family Rheidae, Order Rheiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rhea (bird)]

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

Eastern Moa Skeleton

Dinornithiformes†

Place: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Date: 22 March 2023.

[Emeus crassus†, Family Emeidae†, Order Dinornithiformes†, Wikipedia Entry: Eastern moa]

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).

Selected Curlews

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Arne, Dorset
Date: 11 March 2020.

Place: Dale, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 September 2020.

Place: Conwy Estuary, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.

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

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.

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

Place: Cardigan, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.

Place: Woodbridge, Suffolk
Date: 1 October 2022.

[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian curlew]

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

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

Cuckoo in the Distance

Cuculiformes

Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 April 2023.

Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 1 May 2023.

[Cuculus canorus, Family Cuculidae, Order Cuculiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common cuckoo]

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

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

Common Quail (Stuffed Specimen)

Galliformes

Place: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Date: 22 March 2023.

[Coturnix coturnix, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common quail]

The sound of the common quail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Stronach)

Distribution of the common quail across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

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).

Selected Wrens, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

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

Place: Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2022.

Place: St. Justinians, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Scalasaig, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 August 2022.

Place: Temple Church, Bristol
Date: 23 March 2023.

Place: Porthlysgi Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.

Place: Porth Clais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St. David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 April 2023.

Place: Coast path between Solva and Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 April 2023.

[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

The sound of the wren (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Bissett)

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

Selected Wrens, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Howmore, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.

Place: Banks of River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 March 2021.

Place: Hafod Estate, Ceredigion
Date: 30 March 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 April 2021.

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 April 2021.

Place: Longshaw Estate, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.

Place: Coastpath between Caerfai and St. Non’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 14 July 2021.

Place: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

Place: Battery Park, Brixham, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.

Place: Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Date: 28 March 2022.

[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

The sound of the wren (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Bissett)

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

Selected Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2021.

Place: Lover’s Leap, Dovedale, Peak District, Staffordshire
Date: 25 May 2021.

Place: Malmsmead, Exmoor, Devon
Date: 20 July 2021.

Place: Ardtreck Point, Minginish, Isle of Skye
Date: 2 September 2021.

Place: Car park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

Place: Lily Pools, Bosherston, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.

Place: Brockhampton, Herefordshire
Date: 13 October 2022.

[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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