Welsh Rock Pipits, Part 1

Passeriformes #3

Place: New Quay, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2018.

Place: Swan Lake Bay beach, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.

Place: Stack Rocks near Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.

Place: Rocky coastline west of Angle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 April 2019.

[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European rock pipit]

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

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

Chaffinches from Scotland

Passeriformes #3

Place: Killicrankie, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.

Place: Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.

Place: Crianlarich, Perthshire, Scotland
Date: 3 June 2019.

[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Still More Forest Farm Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 June 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 October 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2021.

[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Local Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 15 June 2020.

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

[Pica pica, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie]

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

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

Dunlins and Sanderlings

Charadriiformes

Place: Troia Peninsula south of Setubal, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

[Green arrow = Dunlin; Red arrow = Sanderling]

Place: Whiteford Sands, Gower
Date: 26 August 2020.

[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

[Calidris alba, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sanderling]

The sound of the sanderling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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

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

Curlews from Anglesey

Charadriiformes

Place: Penrhos, Holy Island, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.

Place: Cemlyn, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.

Place: Llandona beach, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.

Place: Penmon, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.

Place: Malltraeth, Anglesey
Date: 26 September 2020.

Place: Newborough Warren, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.

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

[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian curlew]

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

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

More Great Crested Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent
Date: 4 July 2016.

Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve
Date: 12 November 2016.

Place: Noah’s Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 17 July 2020.

[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

The sound of the great crested grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Oystercatchers from Scotland

Charadriiformes

Place: Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 6 June 2018.

Place: Grutness, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Minn Beach, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Arbroath Abbey, Angus, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2018.

Place: Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland
Date: 25 June 2018.

[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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