Great Cormorants from Wales

Suliformes

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 November 2017.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 November 2017.

Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 20 February 2018.

Place: The Bitches off Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 January 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 February 2019.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2019.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.

[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

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

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

Mediterranean Shag

Suliformes

Place: Monemvasia, Laconia, Greece
Date: 6 September 2019.

[Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the Mediterranean shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

Shag

Suliformes

Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.

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

[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Gannet Colony on Noss

Suliformes

Place: Noup of Noss, Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 17 June 2018.

[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).

Cormorants in the Trees

Suliformes

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

Place: Canal Bruges-Ghent near Moerbrugge
Date: 16 January 2019.

[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

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

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

Great Frigatebird

Suliformes

Place: Espanola, Galapagos
Date: 13 August 2010.

[Fregata minor ridgwayi, Family Fregatidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great frigatebird]

The sound of the great frigatebird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Oscar Campbell)

Blue-footed Booby

Suliformes

Place: Espanola, Galapagos
Date: 13 August 2010.

[Sula nebouxii excisa, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-footed booby]

The sound of the blue-footed booby (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bobby Wilcox)

African Darters

Suliformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 19 August 2012.

[Anhinga rufa, Family Anhingidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: African darter]

The sound of the African darter (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Candice Swarts)

Skokholm Shags

Suliformes

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: The Stack, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Alex Lees)

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

Orkney Gannets

Suliformes

Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Date: 23 July 2017.

[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).