Local Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 September 2012.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 3 March 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2018.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 27 March 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 28 March 2019.

[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

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

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

Sardinian Warblers from Portugal

Passeriformes #1

Place: Tomar, central Portugal
Date: 5 September 2018.

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

[Curruca melanocephala, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sardinian warbler]

The sound of the Sardinian warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jorge Leitão)

Distribution of the Sardinian warbler across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Red-tailed Laughingthrush

Passeriformes #1

Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.

[Trochalopteron milnei, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-tailed laughingthrush]

The sound of the red-tailed laughingthrush (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)

Local Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Piciformes

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 6 October 2018.

Place: Hollybush Estate, Whitchurch, Cardiff
Date: 11 October 2018.

Place: Cogan Wood, Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
Date: 12 November 2018.

[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

The sound of the great spotted woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Wood Pigeon Window Print

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 16 November 2018.

A wood pigeon must have crashed into our glass doors with such a force as to leave a marked imprint, which remained clearly visible for quite some time.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 December 2018.

[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).

Manx Shearwater

Procellariiformes

Place: The Narrows, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

[Puffinus puffinus, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Manx shearwater]

The sound of the Manx shearwater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Grant Sherman)

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

Cuckoo

Cuculiformes

Place: Great Bernera bridge, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 8 June 2019.

[Cuculus canorus, Family Cuculidae, Order Cuculiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common cuckoo]

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

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

Argentine Shoveler

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

[Spatula platalea, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red shoveler]

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

A Flock of Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 6 November 2018.

Place: Garenin Blackhouse Village, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.

Place: Howmore, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 18 June 2019.

[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Corn Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

[Emberiza calandra, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Corn bunting]

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

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