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).

House Sparrows Taking a Sand Bath

Passeriformes #3

Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Date: 16 May 2022.

[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 2

Passeriformes #1

Place: Field Edge East of Marisco Tavern, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: The Chase, Woolton Hill, Hampshire
Date: 5 October 2021.

Place: Sharkham Point, Brixham, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.

Place: Kingswear, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.

Place: Elbert Common, Torbay, Devon
Date: 27 January 2022.

Place: Car Park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

Place: Coast Path between Porthgain and Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.

Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.

Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

Place: Coast Path West of Solva, Pembrokeshire
Date: 12 August 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 November 2022.

[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2019.

Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal near Lock, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2020.

Place: Benllech beach, Anglesey
Date: 21 September 2020.

Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.

Place: River Ystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

Place: Ogmore-by-sea, Bridgend
Date: 30 May 2021.

Place: Barafundle Bay, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.

Place: Castle, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Welsh Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Whitesands Bay, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

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

Place: Powis Castle, near Welshpool, Powys
Date: 29 March 2023.

[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).

Rough-legged Buzzard (Stuffed Specimen)

Accipitriformes

Place: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

[Buteo lagopus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rough-legged buzzard]

The sound of the rough-legged buzzard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lars Edenius)

Distribution of the rough-legged buzzard across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Young Ravens

Passeriformes #1

Place: Stackpole Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.

Place: Oxwich Point, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.

[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).

Northern White-faced Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Swansea Bay, South Wales
Date: 2 July 2022.

[Ptilopsis leucotis, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern white-faced owl]

The sound of the northern white-faced owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

African Grey Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

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

[Lophoceros nasutus, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: African grey hornbill]

The sound of the African grey hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Selected Redshanks

Charadriiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.

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

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 March 2022.

Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

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

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