Linnets from South Wales

Passeriformes #3

Place: Mwnt, near Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 3 April 2018.

Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 30 April 2018.

Place: Northern Meadows, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Abereiddy and Porthgain
Date: 20 July 2018.

Place: Hillend Burrows, Rhossili, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.

Place: Swanlake Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.

[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

The sound of the linnet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

African Grey Parrot

Psittaciformes

Place: Camping The Cave, Kastraki, Greece
Date: 23 August 2019.

[Psittacus erithacus, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey parrot]

The sound of the African grey parrot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathieu Taillade)

Distribution of the African grey parrot across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Welsh Fulmars

Procellariiformes

Place: Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 April 2017.

Place: The Neck, Skomer
Date: 11 May 2017.

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 12 May 2017.

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

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

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

Place: Mid-west Coast of Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: St. Non’s, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

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

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

Common Sandpipers from the Outer Hebrides

Charadriiformes

Place: Bosta Iron Age village, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 8 June 2019.

Place: Rhenigidale, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides
Date: 14 June 2019.

Place: Craigston, Barra, Outer Hebrides
Date: 21 June 2019.

[Actitis hypoleucos, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common sandpiper]

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

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

Male Wood Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.

[Aix sponsa, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Wood duck]

The sound of the wood duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ed Pandolfino)

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

Sunbittern

Eurypygiformes

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.

[Eurypyga helias, Family Eurypygidae, Order Eurypygiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sunbittern]

The sound of the sunbittern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bobby Wilcox)

Welsh Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

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

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 May 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Mist Nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: Mewslade Bay, Gower
Date: 17 July 2019.

[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

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

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

Still More Forest Farm Jays

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 November 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 December 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 January 2019.

Place: Meadow Near Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 May 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

[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).

Brown-breasted Barbet

Piciformes

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

[Lybius (Pogonornis) melanopterus, Family Lybiidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brown-breasted barbet]

The sound of the brown-breasted barbet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bram Piot)

Ospreys on the Nest

Accipitriformes

Place: Threave Castle, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.

[Pandion haliaetus, Family Pandionidae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Osprey]

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

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