Egyptian Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 1 March 2017.

Place: Canal Bruges-Ghent near Moerbrugge, Belgium
Date: 16 January 2019.

Place: Scotney Castle, Kent
Date: 3 April 2019.

Place: Sheffield Park, Haywards Heath, East Sussex
Date: 31 July 2019.

Place: Camping an der Friedensbrücke, Neckargemünd, Germany
Date: 16 August 2019.

[Alopochen aegyptiacus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Egyptian goose]

The sound of the Egyptian goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

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

Still More Local Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Path near Allotments, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 January 2019.

Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Cardiff
Date: 24 January 2019.

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 May 2020.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 May 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of M4, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 March 2021.

[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Goldcrest

Passeriformes #2

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 February 2021.

[Regulus regulus, Family Regulidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Goldcrest]

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

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

More Local Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

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

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 20 March 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 March 2020.

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

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 16 April 2020.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 21 May 2020.

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 4 February 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2021.

[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

Various House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: Figueras, Catalunya, Spain
Date: 20 June 2016.

Place: Kardamyli, West Man, Messenia, Greece
Date: 8 September 2019.

Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.

Place: Llanddona beach, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2020.

[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Black Redstart

Passeriformes #2

Place: Pescasseroli, Abruzzo National Park, Italy
Date: 21 Septemer 2019.

Place: Santa Cruz de la Seros, Aragon, Spain
Date: 24 Septemer 2019.

[Phoenicurus ochruros, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black redstart]

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

Distribution of the black redstart across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Wheatear at Goldcliff Lagoons

Passeriformes #2

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

[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

The sound of the wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

?Tree Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Henson Woods, near Welsh St.Donats, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 14 September 2020.

[Anthus trivialis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tree pipit]

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

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

Welsh House Martins

Passeriformes #1

Place: Farm House, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Lighthouse, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Walled Garden, Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.

[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).

?Sparrowhawk Flying over Bardsey

Accipitriformes

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

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

The sound of the sparrowhawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sophie Neill)

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