Category Archives: Fishlake Meadows

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).
Distribution and sightings of the cuckoo across the British Isles

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

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).
Distribution and sightings of the wren across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the wren across the British Isles

Sedge Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 20 April 2023.






Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 April 2023.










Place: Second Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2023.



Place: Second Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2023.




Place: Porthor, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2023.



[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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

More Selected Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.


Place: Newborough, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.




Place: Lews Castle grounds, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.



Place: Camping Silvercraigs, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.



Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.



Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2022.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 2

Passeriformes #1

Place: Field Edge East of Marisco Tavern, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.



Place: The Chase, Woolton Hill, Hampshire
Date: 5 October 2021.


Place: Sharkham Point, Brixham, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.


Place: Kingswear, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.


Place: Elbert Common, Torbay, Devon
Date: 27 January 2022.


Place: Car Park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Coast Path between Porthgain and Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.





Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.


Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.



Place: Coast Path West of Solva, Pembrokeshire
Date: 12 August 2022.



Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 November 2022.


[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

The sound of the carrion crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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