Redshank and Greenshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 8 November 2017.

[Tringa nebularia, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common greenshank]

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

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

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

White-headed Duck

Anseriformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Dates: 9 July 2017.

[Oxyura leucocephala, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-headed duck]

The sound of the white-headed duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

Great Black-backed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Port Isaac, Cornwall
Dates: 30 August 2016.

Place: Golspie, Sutherland
Dates: 19 July 2017.

[Larus marinus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great black-backed gull]

The sound of the great black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Blackbird

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 14 April 2016.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 30 April 2017.

Place: Ilam Park, Staffordshire
Dates: 6 December 2017.

[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

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

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

Common Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Dates: 18 July 2017.

[Sterna hirundo, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common tern]

The sound of the common tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Ahmed)

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

Various Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lynmouth, Devon
Dates: 16 February 2013.

Place: Segesta, Sicily
Dates: 2 June 2016.

Place: Wadebridge, Cornwall
Dates: 28 August 2016.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 16 January 2017.

[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Skylark

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 9 August 2016.

[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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

Grey-winged Trumpeter

Gruiformes

Place: Slimbridge WWT Tropical House, Gloucestershire
Dates: 14 February 2010.

[Psophia crepitans, Family Psophiidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey-winged trumpeter]

The sound of the grey-winged trumpeter (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist John V. Moore)

Egyptian Geese with Chick

Anseriformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Dates: 7 July 2017.

[Alopochen aegyptiacus, 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).

Somerset Levels Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.

Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.

[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

The sound of the kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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