Great White Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moors, Somerset Levels
Date: 18 April 2023.

Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 19 April 2023.

Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 20 April 2023.

Place: Lake Near Screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 August 2023.

Place: Lake Near Screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 24 December 2023.

[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

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

Selected Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Orford, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

Place: Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
Date: 3 April 2023.

Place: RSPB Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 19 April 2023.

Place: Casa de Miradouro, Viseu, Portugal
Date: 31 August 2023.

[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

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

Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Southern point of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.

Place: Pondsbury, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.

Place: Entrance to Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.

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

Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

Place: Cliff at Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 17 May 2023.

Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Date: 11 July 2023.

Place: The Battery, Lundy
Date: 21 July 2023.

[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Moorhen

Gruiformes

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 October 2021.

Place: Fourteen Locks Canal Centre, Newport, Gwent
Date: 13 November 2021.

Place: Dartington, Devon
Date: 28 January 2022.

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

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 October 2022.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 22 April 2023.

[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Cetti’s Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fishlake Meadows road, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 2023.

Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moors, Somerset Levels
Date: 18 April 2023.

Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 December 2023.

[Cettia cetti, Family Cettiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cetti’s warbler]

The sound of the Cetti’s warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bernard Collet)

Distribution and sightings of the Cetti’s warbler across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Selected Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.

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

Place: Threave Garden, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2022.

Place: Powis Castle, near Welshpool, Powys
Date: 29 March 2023.

Place: Viewing Platform #2, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 19 April 2023.

Place: Outside Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 April 2023.

Place: Porth Clais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 1 May 2023.

[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Marsh Harrier at Ham Wall

Accipitriformes

Place: Avalon Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 19 April 2023.

[Circus aeruginosus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: 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).

Selected Great Crested Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: Lake Pamvotis, Ioannina, Greece
Date: 22 August 2019.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 23 October 2021.

Place: Cheddar Reservoir, Cheddar, Somerset
Date: 14 March 2022.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 1 July 2022.

Place: North Hide, Westhay Moors, Somerset Levels
Date: 18 April 2023.

[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).

Glossy Ibis at Somerset Levels

Pelecaniformes

Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 19 April 2023.

[Plegadis falcinellus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glossy ibis]

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

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

Selected Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2021.

Place: Lover’s Leap, Dovedale, Peak District, Staffordshire
Date: 25 May 2021.

Place: Malmsmead, Exmoor, Devon
Date: 20 July 2021.

Place: Ardtreck Point, Minginish, Isle of Skye
Date: 2 September 2021.

Place: Car park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

Place: Lily Pools, Bosherston, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.

Place: Brockhampton, Herefordshire
Date: 13 October 2022.

[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).