Place: Canal near Market Drayton, Shropshire
Date: 25 April 2016.
[Aix galericulata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mandarin duck]
Distribution and sightings of the mandarin duck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Chedworth Roman villa, Cotswolds
Date: 27 June 2015.
Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2010.
Place: Parque Natural de Ria Formosa, Algarve
Date: 15 June 2015.
[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]
The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)
Distribution and sightings of the swallow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2016.
[Pica pica, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie]
The sound of the magpie (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the magpie across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Newport Wetlands, South Wales
Date: 14 February 2016.
[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).
Place: Flamborough Head, Yorkshire
Date: 4 November 2015.
[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]
The sound of the cormorant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)
Distribution and sightings of the cormorant across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: near Bolderwood Deer Sanctuary, New Forest
Date: 5 March 2016.
[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).
Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.
Place: Aberaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.
[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]
The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)
Distribution and sightings of the red kite across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Date: 28 March 2016.
[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]
The sound of the starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)
Distribution and sightings of the starling across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bridlington, Yorkshire
Date: 2 November 2015.
[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).
Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.
[Calidris pugnax, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruff]
The sound of the ruff (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomek Tumiel)
Distribution and sightings of the ruff across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
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