Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 April 2019.

Place: Nature trail from Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 April 2019.

Place: Rockcliffe, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.

Place: Tower Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2020.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2020.

[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).

Lapwings in Flight

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 3 August 2018.

Place: RSPB Loch Na Muilne, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.

Place: West Viewing Platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

[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).

Various Gadwall

Anseriformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 20 March 2018.

Place: Creswell Crags, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.

Place: Sir Peter Scott Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 28 September 2019.

Place: Tor View Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

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

[Mareca strepera, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Gadwall]

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

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

Pochards at Somerset Levels

Anseriformes

Place: Walton Heath screens, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Walton Heath purple walk, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

[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).

Great White Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Leighton Moss, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.

Place: West viewing platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 6 November 2018.

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

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

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

Various Great Crested Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 20 March 2018.

Place: Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
Date: 24 March 2018.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
Date: 14 April 2018.

Place: Loch Leven Castle, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2018.

Place: Walton Heath purple walk, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Walton Heath screens, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Noah’s Lake, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

[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).

Tawny Owl Chicks

Strigiformes

Place: Avalon Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

[Strix aluco, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tawny owl]

The sound of the tawny owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Christoph Bock)

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

Somerset Levels Mute Swans

Anseriformes

Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 10 October 2016.

Place: Noah’s Lake, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Glastonbury Canal, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Lake Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: North Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Path between car park and Viridor Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

[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).

Reed Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Path between Lake Hide and North Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

[Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian reed warbler]

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

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

Cetti’s Warbler

Passeriformes #2

Place: Walton Heath South screen, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

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

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

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