More Local Robins

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fforest Ganol, north of Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 11 June 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2020.

[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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

Meadow Pipit at Goldcliff Lagoons

Passeriformes #3

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport
Date: 16 September 2020.

[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]

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

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

Black Swans

Anseriformes

Place: Aylesford Friary, Maidstone, Kent
Date: 26 September 2015.

Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Date: 2 July 2016.

Place: River Test near Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 26 December 2018.

[Cygnus atratus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black swan]

The sound of the black swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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

Black-and-white Laughingthrush

Passeriformes #1

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

[Garrulax bicolor, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sumatran laughingthrush]

Flossie the Glossy Ibis

Pelecaniformes

Generally referred to as “Flossie”, this glossy ibis has been a constant resident at Goldcliff Lagoons since January 2018. Just recently (November 2020) he/she has acquired a companion.

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.

[Plegadis falcinellus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glossy ibis]

The sound of the glossy ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Oscar Campbell)

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

Swimming Humboldt Penguins

Sphenisciformes

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

[Spheniscus humboldti, Family Spheniscidae, Order Sphenisciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Humboldt penguin]

The sound of the Humboldt penguin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Cristian Pinto)

Snipe at Goldcliff

Charadriiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 8 November 2017.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.

Place: Bec’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.

[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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