Selected Wrens, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

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

Place: Banks of River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 March 2021.

Place: Hafod Estate, Ceredigion
Date: 30 March 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 April 2021.

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 April 2021.

Place: Longshaw Estate, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.

Place: Coastpath between Caerfai and St. Non’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 14 July 2021.

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

Place: Battery Park, Brixham, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.

Place: Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Date: 28 March 2022.

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

The sound of the wren (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Bissett)

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

More Selected Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

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

Place: Newborough, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.

Place: Lews Castle grounds, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

Place: Camping Silvercraigs, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.

Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.

Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

[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).

Lapwings

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 3 August 2018.

Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.

Place: RSPB Loch Na Muilne, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.

Place: Dinas Dinlle, near Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Date: 8 December 2020.

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

Place: RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire
Date: 8 October 2021.

Place: Greylake RSPB, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.

Place: RSPB Gruinart, Islay, Scotland
Date: 9 June 2022.

[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

Selected Greylag Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve, Blackpool, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

Place: River Thames near Streatley-on-Thames, Berkshire
Date: 30 April 2019.

Place: Ravenspoint, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 8 June 2019.

Place: Lake Windmere near Wray Castle, Lake District
Date: 7 October 2020.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.

Place: Cragside Estate, Rothbury, Northumbria
Date: 9 June 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.

Place: Cheddar Reservoir, Cheddar, Somerset
Date: 14 March 2022.

Place: Greylake RSPB, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

[Anser anser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greylag goose]

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

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

Selected Turnstones

Charadriiformes

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

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Whiteford Sands, Gower
Date: 26 August 2020.

Place: Coastal path between Llanrhystud and Llan-non, Ceredigion
Date: 21 November 2020.

Place: Aberystwyth Promenade, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

Place: Sheringham, Norfolk
Date: 30 September 2021.

[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy turnstone]

The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)

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

Various Gannets

Suliformes

Place: Lighthouse, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Offshore from north coast of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: Ferry crossing from Eriskay to Barra, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

Place: Rua Reidh lighthouse, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.

Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

The sound of the gannet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Selected Eider Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT
Date: 9 July 2017.

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

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

Place: Village Bay, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

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

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

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

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

Greylag Goose with Chicks

Anseriformes

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

Place: Claydon Manor, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.

Place: Ravenspoint, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 8 June 2019.

Place: Lakeside View, Kielder reservoir, Northumbria
Date: 7 June 2021.

[Anser anser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greylag goose]

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

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

Lapwing Chicks

Charadriiformes

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

Place: Lower Force, Upper Teesdale, North Pennines, County Durham
Date: 6 June 2021.

[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

Juvenile Willow Warbler

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lews Castle grounds, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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