Category Archives: Somerset Levels

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).
Distribution and sightings of the glossy ibis across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the chaffinch across the British Isles

Sedge Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 20 April 2023.






Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 April 2023.










Place: Second Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2023.



Place: Second Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2023.




Place: Porthor, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2023.



[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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

Sparrowhawk at Somerset Levels

Accipitriformes

Place: Viewing Platform #2, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.







[Accipiter nisus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian sparrowhawk]

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

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

Great Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lower Town of Mystras, Laconia, Greece
Date: 4 September 2019.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 June 2020.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.



Place: Packwood House, Warwickshire
Date: 28 March 2022.



Place: Entrance to Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.


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



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


[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

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

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

More Selected Canada Geese

Anseriformes

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


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


Place: RSPB Newport Wetlands, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.


Place: Oronsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.



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


[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

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

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

Various Great White Egrets

Pelecaniformes

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



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



Place: Lake near screens, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.






Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 30 July 2022.


Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 October 2022.



Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 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).
Distribution and sightings of the great white egret across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the lapwing across the British Isles

Selected Mute Swans, Part 2

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2021.



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


Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 16 April 2022.


Place: Belleek, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Date: 31 August 2022.



Place: Kensington Gardens, London
Date: 26 October 2022.



Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2023.


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



Place: River Severn near Worcester, Worcestershire
Date: 30 March 2023.



[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Selected Mute Swans, Part 1

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 December 2018.



Place: Queen Elizabeth Gardens, Salisbury
Date: 24 December 2018.



Place: Avalon hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.


Place: RSPB Ynys-hir Marian Mawr hide, Ceredigion
Date: 22 November 2020.



Place: Cannop Lakes, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
Date: 25 April 2021.



Place: Sizergh Castle Castle near Kendall, Cumbria
Date: 5 June 2021.






[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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