Category Archives: England

Coots in Somerset Levels

Gruiformes

Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.





[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

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

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

Various Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Cleeve Abbey, Somerset
Dates: 10 October 2014.


Place: Clovelly, Devon
Dates: 17 February 2013.



Place: Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Dates: 6 September 2015.


Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Dates: 2 July 2016.


Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.


Place: Uppark House, West Sussex
Dates: 7 April 2017.


[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Various Little Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: River Ouse near Southdowns YHA
Dates: 14 September 2016.



Place: Amarapura, Myanmar
Dates: 8 April 2013.



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


Place: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Dates: 22 June 2016.


Place: Oristano, Sardinia
Dates: 17 June 2017.


[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).

Tufted Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.







[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

The sound of the tufted duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

White-naped Crane

Gruiformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Dates: 9 July 2017.






[Antigone vipio, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-naped crane]

The sound of the white-naped crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Gallardy)

Australian Shelduck

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.



[Tadorna tadornoides, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Australian shelduck]

The sound of the Australian shelduck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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

Juvenile Wren

Passeriformes #2

Place: Kew Gardens Palm House, London
Dates: 28 June 2016.




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

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

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

Pochard

Anseriformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Dates: 9 July 2017.



Place: Newport Wetlands, near Newport
Dates: 2 April 2017.


[Aythya ferina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pochard]

The sound of the pochard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Rook

Passeriformes #1

Place: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Dates: 4 August 2017.



[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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

Marsh Harrier

Accipitriformes

Place: Swale National Nature Reserve near Shellness, Isle of Sheppey
Dates: 4 May 2015.




Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.


[Circus aeruginosus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western marsh harrier]

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

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