Listen to nature: explore bird wildlife sounds: Waterbirds: Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ibis, Cranes and Relatives
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| Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus | |
| calls, recorded by Rod Jervis, 1 Janary 1978, Waltham Brooks, Sussex, England. | |
| Brent Goose Branta bernicla | |
| calls, recorded by Rod Jervis, 20 Febuary 1981, Chichester Harbour, West Sussex, England. | |
| Canada Goose Branta canadensis | |
| calls, recorded by Rod Jervis, 17 February 1980, Waltham Brooks, Sussex, England. | |
| Common Crane Grus grus | |
| recorded by Patrick Sellar, May 1970, near Boden, Norbotten, Sweden. | |
| Common Teal Anas crecca | |
| calls, recorded by Rod Jervis, 20 January 1980, Waltham Brooks, Sussex, England. | |
| Coot Fulica atra | |
| calls and splashing, recorded by William Pedley, 11 February 1970, Cosgrove Broads, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris | |
| song, recorded by Laurence Shove, 13 May 1966, Hickling Broad, Norfolk, England. | |
| Grey Heron Ardea cinerea | |
| calls at nest, recorded by Victor Lewis, 21 April 1974, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 28 March 1982, Newport Pagnell Gravel Pits, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Hadada Ibis Hagedashia hagedash | |
| calls, recorded by David Watts, 29 August 1979, north of Suikerbosrand, Transvaal, South Africa. | |
| Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 2 June 1967, Surrey, England. | |
| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | |
| female calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 11 October 1992, near Fernhurst, West Sussex, England. | |
| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | |
| male calls, recorded by William Pedley, 1976, Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Moorhen Gallinula chloropus | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 11 April 1971, Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Mute Swan Cygnus olor | |
| wings, recorded by Reg Tassell, 11 May 1978, Staverton Bridge, Devon, England. | |
| Sarus crane Grus antigone | |
| display, recorded by Ben Coffey, 20 March 1973, Bharatpur, Rhajasthan, India. | |
| Shelduck Tadorna tadorna | |
| calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 14 June 1987, Havergate, Suffolk, England. | |
| Shoveler Anas clypeata | |
| calls, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 23 March 1979, Ding Darling Bird Sanctuary (25 W, 82 N), Florida, USA. | |
| Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 4 July 1982, Willen Lake, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Water Rail Rallus aquaticus | |
| sharming calls, recorded by Laurence Shove, 30 October 1966, Brownsea Island, Dorset, England. | |
| Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus | |
| calls, recorded by Richard Ridgway, 9 April 1979, Co Cork, Ireland. | |
| Wigeon Anas penelope | |
| calls, recorded by Rod Jervis, 21 January 1979, Waltham Brooks, Sussex, England. | |
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