Category Archives: Britain

Cape Barren Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.




[Cereopsis novaehollandiae, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cape Barren goose]

The sound of the Cape Barren goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nick Talbot)

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

Wren

Passeriformes #2

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 5 November 2016.








[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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

Merlin

Falconiformes

Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 25 July 2016.




[Falco columbarius, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Merlin (bird)]

The sound of the merlin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tayler Brooks)

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

Chilean Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.





[Phoenicopterus chilensis, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chilean flamingo]

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

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

Greenshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.




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

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

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

Moorhen on a Stick

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 29 October 2016.





[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

The sound of the moorhen (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Krzysztof Deoniziak)

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

Bewick’s Swan

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.




[Cygnus columbianus bewickii, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tundra swan]

The sound of Bewick’s swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Richard Dunn)

Distribution and sightings of Bewick’s swan across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Great White Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 10 October 2016.







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


Place: Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.









[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jérémy Simar)

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

Chiffchaff

Passeriformes #2

Place: Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2016.




[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).

Shag

Suliformes

Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 11/12 August 2016.











[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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