Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 20 October 2018.
[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]
The sound of the goosander (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)
Distribution and sightings of the goosander across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2019.
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 January 2020.
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 January 2020.
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 February 2020.
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.
[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]
The sound of the reed bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the reed bunting across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Manorbier YHA near Skrinkle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 April 2019.
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 April 2019.
Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 May 2019.
Place: North-western fields, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.
Place: Meadows between Ty Pellaf and school, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 December 2019.
[Pica pica, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie]
The sound of the magpie (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the magpie across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.
Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path Between Abereiddy and Porthgain
Date: 20 July 2018.
Place: Prissen’s Tor, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.
Place: Broughton Burrows, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.
Place: Whitson, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.
[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]
The sound of the kestrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)
Distribution and sightings of the kestrel across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 3 August 2018.
Place: RSPB Loch Na Muilne, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.
Place: West Viewing Platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.
[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).
Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 20 March 2018.
Place: Creswell Crags, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.
Place: Sir Peter Scott Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.
Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 28 September 2019.
Place: Tor View Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.
Place: Avalon hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.
[Mareca strepera, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Gadwall]
The sound of the gadwall (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)
Distribution and sightings of the gadwall across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Rocky coast west of Angle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 April 2019.
Place: Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.
Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.
Place: Borgh, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 16 June 2019.
Place: Rest Bay, Porthcawl
Date: 25 July 2019.
[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).
Place: North Haven, Skomer
Date: 13 May 2017.
Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.
Place: North Haven, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.
Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.
[Alca torda, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Razorbill]
The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)
Distribution and sightings of the razorbill across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.
Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.
Place: Nant Plantation, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.
Place: The Withys, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.
Place: Nant Plantation, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.
[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).
Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.
Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.
Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.
Place: Field south of Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.
[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).
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