Selected Redshanks

Charadriiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.

Place: Conwy Estuary, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.

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

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 March 2022.

Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

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

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

Humboldt Penguin

Sphenisciformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Spheniscus humboldti, Family Spheniscidae, Order Sphenisciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Humboldt penguin]

Selected Herring Gulls, Part 1

Charadriiformes

Place: West coast, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: West Bay, Dorset
Date: 7 March 2020.

Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.

Place: Falmouth, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.

Place: Coast path near Moelfre, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.

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

Place: Campsite, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: Caerfai Bay campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Dabbling Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Derwent Reservoir, Peak District National Park
Date: 29 July 2020.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 September 2021.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 April 2022.

[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

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).

Skylarks

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Holy Island, Northumbria
Date: 10 June 2021.

Place: Red Point, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 8 September 2021.

Place: White Strand, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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

Blue-crowned Laughingthrush

Passeriformes #1

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Pterorhinus (Dryonastes) courtoisi, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-crowned laughingthrush]

Selected Little Egrets, Part 2

Pelecaniformes

Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.

Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.

Place: Llanfairfechan beach, North Wales
Date: 30 September 2020.

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

Place: Orford Quay, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2023.

[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).