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).

Selected Mistle Thrushes, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Coast Path between Horton and Oxwich, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.

Place: Muckross House, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 8 September 2022.

Place: Llynn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Date: 22 October 2022.

Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 January 2023.

[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

Selected Mistle Thrushes, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lower Force, Upper Teesdale, North Pennines, County Durham
Date: 6 June 2021.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 November 2021.

Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 February 2022.

Place: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
Date: 27 March 2022.

[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

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).

Selected Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Newgale, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 April 2017.

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

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 20 March 2018.

Place: Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 21 July 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 30 July 2022.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Treecreepers

Passeriformes #2

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

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

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 May 2022.

[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Various Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Piciformes

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

Place: Chartwell, Westerham, Kent
Date: 22 January 2019.

Place: Leith Hill Tower, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.

Place: Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Date: 1 November 2021.

Place: Anglian Water Bird Watching Centre, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

The sound of the great spotted woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Osprey at Fishlake Meadows

Accipitriformes

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

[Pandion haliaetus, Family Pandionidae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Osprey]

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

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

Selected Red Kites in Flight

Accipitriformes

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

Place: Basildon Park, Berkshire
Date: 5 March 2019.

Place: Pitton Cross, Gower
Date: 16 July 2019.

Place: Chieveley services, M4 motorway
Date: 10 October 2020.

Place: Strata Florida, Ceredigion
Date: 24 November 2020.

[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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

Selected Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Harry Rocks, north of Swanage, Dorset
Date: 11 March 2020.

Place: Benllech beach, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.

Place: Newborough Warren, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.

Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.

Place: Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

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

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.

Place: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
Date: 27 March 2022.

Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

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

[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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