Pale-bellied Brent Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Chesil Beach Centre, Portland, Dorset
Date: 7 March 2020.

Place: Penrhos, Holy Island, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 26 December 2020.

[Branta bernicla, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brant (goose)]

The sound of the brent goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Asian Fairy-bluebird

Passeriformes #3

Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.

[Irena puella, Family Irenidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Asian fairy-bluebird]

Juvenile Barn Swallows

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cardoness Castle, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.

Place: Hillier Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 7 July 2020.

Place: Kennet & Avon canal near Crofton, Wiltshire
Date: 9 August 2020.

[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 barn swallow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Local Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 March 2020.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 21 May 2020.

[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

The sound of the greenfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Ravens from Wales

Passeriformes #1

Place: Mew Stone, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

Place: St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 July 2019.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

Place: Porth Henllys, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.

Place: Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales
Date: 28 September 2020.

Place: Conwy Mountain, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.

[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Patagonian Conure

Psittaciformes

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.

[Cyanoliseus patagonus, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Burrowing parrot]

The sound of the Patagonian conure (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Various Herring Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Penzance, Cornwall
Date: 28 May 2013.

Place: Mevagissey Harbour, Cornwall
Date: 27 October 2012.

Place: Hastings, Kent
Date: 3 July 2016.

Place: Marimurtra Botanical Gardens near Blanes, Catalunya
Date: 17 June 2016.

Place: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date: 13 July 2017.

Place: The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Date: 13 February 2019.

Place: Mullion Cove, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
Date: 18 April 2019.

Place: Porthleven, Cornwall
Date: 18 April 2019.

[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).

Various Arctic Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands
Date: 2 August 2009.

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Aird beach, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.

[Sterna paradisaea, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Arctic tern]

The sound of the Arctic tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Various Collared Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Date: 31 May 2017.

Place: Braga, northern Portugal
Date: 31 August 2018.

Place: Sesimbra, Setubal district, central Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

Place: Paravang, Blankenberge
Date: 21 January 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 February 2019.

Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

The sound of the collared dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Eider with Ducklings

Anseriformes

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Kildonan, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 18 June 2019.

[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]

The sound of the eider duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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