Selected Collared Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 28 May 2020.

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 October 2020.

Place: Melin Tregwynt, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.

[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

The sound of the collared dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Selected Pheasants

Galliformes

Place: Cemlyn, Anglesey, North Wales
Date: 22 September 2020.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.

Place: Gresham Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

Place: Gresham Hall, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Powis Castle, Powys, Mid Wales
Date: 7 October 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2021.

[Phasianus colchicus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pheasant]

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

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

Gadwall

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 May 2021.

Place: RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire
Date: 8 October 2021.

Place: Normanton Church, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

Place: Man Sands, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.

[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).

South African Shelduck

Anseriformes

Place: Blakeney, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.

[Tadorna cana, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: South African shelduck]

The sound of the South African shelduck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tony Archer)

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

More Local Redwings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 February 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2022.

[Turdus iliacus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Redwing]

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

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

Long-tailed Tit Behind the Pine Needles

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bourton House Garden, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
Date: 29 July 2021.

[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

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

Lesser Black-backed Gulls on Flatholm

Charadriiformes

Place: Flatholm, Bristol Channel
Date: 21 July 2018.

[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Golden Plovers at a Distance

Charadriiformes

Place: Sker Point near Porthcawl, South Wales
Date: 14 November 2018.

[Pluvialis apricaria, Family Pluvialidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European golden plover]

The sound of the golden plover (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

White-tailed Eagle in Flight

Accipitriformes

Place: Oban flying to Kerrera, Argyll & Bute
Date: 23 August 2021.

Place: Shieldaig, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 7 September 2021.

[Haliaeetus albicilla, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-tailed eagle]

The sound of the white-tailed eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

Distribution and sightings of the white-tailed eagle across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Little Grebes on the River Taff

Podicipediformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 February 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 February 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 9 January 2022.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2022.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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