More Curlews

Charadriiformes

Place: Laugharne Estuary, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 23 September 2016.

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 11 January 2017.

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

Place: Arnside estuary, Cumbria
Dates: 8 February 2017.

[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).

Welsh Avocets

Charadriiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 April 2017.

[Recurvirostra avosetta, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied avocet]

The sound of the avocet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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

Pied Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Dates: 7 November 2016.

Place: Charmouth, Dorset
Dates: 21 July 2016.

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

[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Shoveler

Anseriformes

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

[Anas 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).

Dunlin

Charadriiformes

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

[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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

Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 11 January 2017.

[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

Distribution and sightings of the mistle thrush 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).