Selected Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Lymington, New Forest
Date: 1 May 2016.

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Date: 25 May 2016.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

Place: Williton, Somerset
Date: 19 July 2021.

Place: Oakham, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.

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

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

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

[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Cormorant Drying its Wings

Suliformes

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

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

Place: River Taff near M4 Motorway, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2020.

Place: Eight-Arch Bridge, Bosherton Lakes, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.

Place: Gyllyngvase beach, Falmouth, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 November 2020.

Place: River Taff on Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: Cromer, Norfolk
Date: 26 September 2021.

Place: RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire
Date: 8 October 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.

[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).

Little Owl in a Tree

Strigiformes

Place: Mulberry Cottage, North Wootton, Somerset
Date: 13 March 2022.

[Athene noctua, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little owl]

The sound of the little owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Porth Clais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 June 2021.

Place: Seventy Acres, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

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

Place: Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

Place: Coast Path between Horton and Oxwich, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.

[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 Fishlake Meadows

Accipitriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 21 November 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 22 November 2021.

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

Crimson Rosella (Blue Variety)

Psittaciformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Platycercus elegans, Family Psittaculidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crimson rosella]

The sound of the crimson rosella (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist James Lambert)

Sanderling

Charadriiformes

Place: Gairloch beach, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.

[Calidris alba, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sanderling]

The sound of the sanderling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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

Egyptian Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Blickling Estate, Norfolk
Date: 26 September 2021.

Place: Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire
Date: 30 October 2021.

[Alopochen aegyptiaca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Egyptian goose]

The sound of the Egyptian goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

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

Striated Caracara

Falconiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Phalcoboenus australis, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Striated caracara]

The sound of the striated caracara (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

Cattle Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: Godney, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

[Bubulcus ibis, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cattle egret]

The sound of the cattle egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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