Category Archives: England

Nene Goose

Anseriformes

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




[Branta sandvicensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Nene (bird)]

The sound of the Nene goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bobby Wilcox)

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

Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Potato Wharf, Manchester
Dates: 5 February 2017.







Place: Footpath from Lynmouth to Watersmeet, Devon
Dates: 1 September 2016.


Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Dates: 7 November 2016.


Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 30 October 2017.



Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Dates: 19 October 2016.



[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

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

More Curlews

Charadriiformes

Place: Laugharne Estuary, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 23 September 2016.







Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 11 January 2017.


Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 8 November 2017.




Place: Arnside estuary, Cumbria
Dates: 8 February 2017.




[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).
Distribution and sightings of the curlew across the British Isles

Mandarin Duck in Eclipse Plumage

Anseriformes

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






[Aix galericulata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mandarin duck]

The sound of the mandarin duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Darrell-Lambert)

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

More British Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 24 June 2016.



Place: Afon Mawddach near Dolgellau, Gwynedd
Dates: 19 January 2014.


Place: Eden Project, Cornwall
Dates: 25 April 2015.



Place: Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
Dates: 14 September 2016.


Place: Caerphilly Commons, Caerphilly
Dates: 6 May 2017.





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


[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

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

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

White-faced Whistling Duck

Anseriformes

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






[Dendrocygna viduata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-faced whistling duck]

The sound of the white-faced whistling duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Distribution and sightings of the white-faced whistling duck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Redwing

Passeriformes #2

Place: Croft Castle, Herefordshire
Dates: 25 October 2017.








[Turdus iliacus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Redwing]

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

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

Blue Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Dates: 25 March 2016.





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


Place: St. Jeannet, Alpes-Maritimes , France
Dates: 22 May 2017.



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

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

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

Great Crested Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Dates: 5 January 2017.




Place: Llandegfedd reservoir, Monmouthshire
Dates: 27 April 2017.






Place: Hyde Park, London
Dates: 7 July 2017.


[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

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

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

Reed Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Dungeness RSPB, Kent
Dates: 3 July 2016.


[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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