More Selected Canada Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Tower Hide, Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

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

Place: RSPB Newport Wetlands, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.

Place: Oronsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.

Place: Tower Hide, Westhay Moors, Somerset Levels
Date: 18 April 2023.

[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

The sound of the Canada goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Darrell-Lambert)

Distribution and sightings of the Canada goose 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 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).

Skylarks

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Holy Island, Northumbria
Date: 10 June 2021.

Place: Red Point, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 8 September 2021.

Place: White Strand, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

[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).

Selected Little Egrets, Part 2

Pelecaniformes

Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.

Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.

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

Place: Llanfairfechan beach, North Wales
Date: 30 September 2020.

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

Place: Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

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

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

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2023.

[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

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

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

Selected Linnets, Part 2

Passeriformes #3

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

Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

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

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

Place: Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 8 May 2022.

[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

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

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

Selected Wigeons

Anseriformes

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

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 2 February 2019.

Place: West Viewing Platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

Place: Lows Hide, Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

[Mareca penelope, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wigeon]

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

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

Welsh Oystercatchers

Charadriiformes

Place: Sea Wall near Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 April 2017.

Place: Porthmadog, Gwynedd
Date: 4 April 2017.

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

Place: Llandona beach, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.

Place: Gogarth, Llandudno, North Wales
Date: 1 October 2020.

Place: Porthor, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 6 December 2020.

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

Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

Curlews at Goldcliff Lagoons

Charadriiformes

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

Place: Bec’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 30 November 2019.

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

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 10 November 2020.

[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian curlew]

The sound of the curlew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Shovelers

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 August 2020.

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 10 November 2020.

Place: Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

[Spatula clypeata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern shoveler]

The sound of the shoveler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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