More Forest Farm Dippers, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.

Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 November 2020.

[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

More Forest Farm Dippers, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Melingruffydd feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 March 2018.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 May 2020.

[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 25 December 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 29 December 2019.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 March 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 August 2020.

[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 Simon Elliott)

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

Marsh Harriers in the Somerset Levels

Accipitriformes

Place: Avalon hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

Place: Tower Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

Place: 70 Acres Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

[Circus aeruginosus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western marsh harrier]

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

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

Lesser Black-backed Gulls from Forest Farm

Charadriiformes

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 20 February 2018.

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

[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

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).

Little Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: The Vyne, near Basingstoke, Hampshire
Date: 5 March 2019.

Place: Winkworth Arboretum, Busbridge, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 28 September 2019.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 19 September 2020.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

[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).

More Forest Farm Stock Doves, Part 2

Columbiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 August 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2020.

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

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

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

More Forest Farm Stock Doves, Part 1

Columbiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 December 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 February 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 March 2020.

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

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

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

More Redwings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 December 2019.

[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).