Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Porth Clais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 June 2021.

Place: Seventy Acres, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

Place: Car park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

Place: Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2022.

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

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

Place: Coast Path between Horton and Oxwich, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.

[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).

Crimson Rosella (Blue Variety)

Psittaciformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Platycercus elegans, Family Psittaculidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crimson rosella]

The sound of the crimson rosella (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist James Lambert)

Striated Caracara

Falconiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Phalcoboenus australis, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Striated caracara]

The sound of the striated caracara (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

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).

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).

Laughing Kookaburra

Coraciiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Dacelo novaeguineae, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Laughing kookaburra]

The sound of the laughing kookaburra (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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).

Whooper Swan

Anseriformes

Place: Observatory, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

[Cygnus cygnus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Whooper swan]

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

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

Spotted Flycatchers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Farm House, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Ponte de Lima, northern Portugal
Date: 27 August 2018.

Place: Portinho, near Setubal, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

Place: Aljezur, south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.

Place: Threave Gardens, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 28 June 2019.

Place: Danebury Hillfort, Hampshire
Date: 9 August 2020.

[Muscicapa striata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted flycatcher]

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

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