Selected Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Lymington, New Forest
Date: 1 May 2016.

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Date: 25 May 2016.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

Place: Williton, Somerset
Date: 19 July 2021.

Place: Oakham, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2021.

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

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.

[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Mandarin Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Taormina, Sicily
Date: 19 May 2016.

[Aix galericulata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mandarin duck]

The sound of the mandarin duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Huw Lloyd)

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

Spotless Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Selinunte, Sicily, Italy
Date: 31 May 2016.

[Sturnus unicolor, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotless starling]

The sound of the spotless starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nick Talbot)

Greater Flamingoes

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Pantano Longarini, Sicily, Italy
Date: 26 May 2016.

Place: Lagoas de Santo André e Sancha, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.

[Phoenicopterus roseus, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greater flamingo]

The sound of the greater flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nelson Conceição)

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

Various Great Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
Date: 27 June 2015.

Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.

Place: Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.

Place: Sabaudia, Latina, Italy
Date: 15 June 2016.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2016.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.

[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

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

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

Italian Shelduck

Anseriformes

Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 17 June 2017.

Place: Salt pans near Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily, Italy
Date: 25 May 2016.

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily, Italy
Date: 25 May 2016.

[Tadorna tadorna, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common shelduck]

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

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

Various Little Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: River Ouse near Southdowns YHA
Dates: 14 September 2016.

Place: Amarapura, Myanmar
Dates: 8 April 2013.

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Dates: 25 May 2016.

Place: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Dates: 22 June 2016.

Place: Oristano, Sardinia
Dates: 17 June 2017.

[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).

Eurasian Spoonbills from Italy

Pelecaniformes

Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia
Dates: 16 June 2017.

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Dates: 25 May 2016.

[Platalea leucorodia, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian spoonbill]

The sound of the Eurasian spoonbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

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

Various Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lynmouth, Devon
Dates: 16 February 2013.

Place: Segesta, Sicily
Dates: 2 June 2016.

Place: Wadebridge, Cornwall
Dates: 28 August 2016.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 16 January 2017.

[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Jays of Spain and Italy

Passeriformes #1

Place: Zafferana Etnea, Sicily
Dates: 21 May 2016.

Place: Neapolis, Syracuse, Sicily
Dates: 24 May 2016.

Place: Canet de Mar, Catalunya
Dates: 17 June 2016.

Place: Calella de Palafrugell, Catalunya
Dates: 18 June 2016.

[Garrulus glandarius, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian jay]

The sound of the jay (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Niels Krabbe)

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