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).

Red-crowned Crane

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

[Grus japonensis, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-crowned crane]

The sound of the red-crowned crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Guy Kirwan)

Distribution of the red-crowned crane across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Red-billed Teal

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

[Anas erythrorhyncha, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed teal]

The sound of the red-billed teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Distribution and sightings of the red-billed teal across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Various Snipes

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Marshside, near Southport, Merseyside
Date: 25 February 2018.

Place: Bousta, Sandness, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Hagdale Horse Mill, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.

[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

More Local Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 October 2016.

Place: Longwood Drive, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 12 December 2017.

Place: Coryton Roundabout, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 3 February 2018.

Place: Forest Farm near River Taff, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 5 April 2018.

[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Black Guillemot

Charadriiformes

Place: St. Ninian’s Isle, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Bressay, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.

[Cepphus grylle, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black guillemot]

The sound of the black guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hugh Harrop)

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

Red-throated Diver

Gaviiformes

Place: St. Ninian’s Isle, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Bressay, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.

[Gavia stellata, Family Gaviidae, Order Gaviiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-throated loon]

The sound of the red-throated diver (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the red-throated diver across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Coal Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 October 2017.

Place: Killiecrankie, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.

Place: Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.

[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]

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

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

More Forest Farm Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 October 2017.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 November 2017.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.

[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian nuthatch]

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

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

Eider Duck with Chicks

Anseriformes

Place: St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2018.

[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 common eider across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).