Lapwings

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 3 August 2018.

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

Place: RSPB Loch Na Muilne, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.

Place: Dinas Dinlle, near Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Date: 8 December 2020.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.

Place: RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire
Date: 8 October 2021.

Place: Greylake RSPB, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.

Place: RSPB Gruinart, Islay, Scotland
Date: 9 June 2022.

[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

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).

Selected Wigeons

Anseriformes

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

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 2 February 2019.

Place: West Viewing Platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

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

[Mareca penelope, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wigeon]

The sound of the wigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Various Red-legged Partridges

Galliformes

Place: Lepe, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.

Place: Exbury Gardens, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.

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

Place: Blickling Estate, Norfolk
Date: 26 September 2021.

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

[Alectoris rufa, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-legged partridge]

The sound of the red-legged partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

More Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Sartène, Corsica
Date: 4 June 2017.

Place: Torre del Porticciolo, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.

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

Place: Housesteads Roman Fort, Northumbria
Date: 30 June 2018.

Place: Olympia Archeological Site, Greece
Date: 12 September 2019.

Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2020.

[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).

Selected Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Lymington, New Forest
Date: 1 May 2016.

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Date: 25 May 2016.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

Place: Williton, Somerset
Date: 19 July 2021.

Place: Oakham, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2021.

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

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

[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

More Teals

Anseriformes

Place: Calshot, New Forest
Date: 27 December 2020.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.

Place: Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire
Date: 24 September 2021.

Place: Northern Wetlands, Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 11 November 2021.

Place: Lake near Screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 21 February 2022.

Place: Lake near Screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 24 February 2022.

Place: Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.

[Anas crecca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian teal]

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

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

Kingfishers from Elsewhere

Coraciiformes

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

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 27 September 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 August 2020.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 July 2021.

Place: Normanton Church, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Hawfinch in the New Forest

Passeriformes #3

Place: Exbury Gardens, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.

[Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hawfinch]

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

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

More Shelducks

Anseriformes

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

Place: Morecambe, Lancashire
Date: 10 February 2017.

Place: Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Date: 4 April 2017.

Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: The Bog, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: Malltraeth Estuary, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 10 November 2020.

[Tadorna tadorna, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common shelduck]

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

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