More Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Trerice Manor near Newquay, Cornwall
Date: 18 October 2017.

Place: Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
Date: 22 March 2018.

Place: Basic Slag Company quarry, Nant Transhyrhebog, Cefn Onn, Cardiff
Date: 22 April 2018.

Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Goodall’s Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 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).

Skokholm Ravens

Passeriformes #1

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

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

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

Place: The Bluffs, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

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

[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Australian White Ibis

Pelecaniformes

Place: Howard Springs, Northern Territory
Date: 18 August 1997.

[Threskiornis molucca, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Australian white ibis]

The sound of the Australian white ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Greg McLachlan)

Greenshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 8 November 2017.

Place: Michael Powell Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

Place: British Steel Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

[Tringa nebularia, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common greenshank]

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

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

Coot

Gruiformes

Place: Newport Wetlands, South Wales
Date: 14 February 2016.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 30 April 2016.

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

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

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

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

Forest Farm Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 October 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2017.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Siberian Chiffchaff

Passeriformes #2

Place: Parc Pond, Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 8 January 2019.

Place: Parc Pond, Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 9 January 2019.

[Phylloscopus collybita tristis, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Siberian chiffchaff]

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

Sparrowhawk

Accipitriformes

Place: Roadside between Goldcliff Lagoons and RSPB Newport
Date: 2 February 2019.

[Accipiter nisus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian sparrowhawk]

The sound of the sparrowhawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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

House Martins in a Row

Passeriformes #1

Place: Mêda, north-eastern Portugal
Date: 3 September 2018.

Place: Valhelhas, eastern central Portugal
Date: 4 September 2018.

Place: Aljezur, south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.

[Delichon urbicum, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common house martin]

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

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

Cattle Egret from Iberia

Pelecaniformes

Place: M1109 north of Porto Covo, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.

Place: Aljezur, south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.

Place: Zamora, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 17 September 2018.

[Bubulcus ibis, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cattle egret]

The sound of the cattle egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist João Tomás)

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