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Southern Ground Hornbill in a Tree

Bucerotiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.






[Bucorvus leadbeateri, Family Bucorvidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern ground hornbill]

The sound of the southern ground hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Coraciiformes

Place: Swansea Bay, South Wales
Date: 2 July 2022.




[Dacelo leachii, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-winged kookaburra]

The sound of the blue-winged kookaburra (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

Selected Red Kites in Flight

Accipitriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 23 December 2018.





Place: Basildon Park, Berkshire
Date: 5 March 2019.






Place: Pitton Cross, Gower
Date: 16 July 2019.






Place: Chieveley services, M4 motorway
Date: 10 October 2020.





Place: Strata Florida, Ceredigion
Date: 24 November 2020.








[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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

Coal Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Ynys-hir visitor centre, Ceredigion
Date: 22 November 2020.


Place: Benmore Botanical Garden, Argyll, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.



[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]

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

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

Selected Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Harry Rocks, north of Swanage, Dorset
Date: 11 March 2020.


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



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



Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.



Place: Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 April 2021.



Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.



Place: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
Date: 27 March 2022.


Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the dunnock across the British Isles

More Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Sartène, Corsica
Date: 4 June 2017.



Place: Torre del Porticciolo, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.


Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.



Place: Housesteads Roman Fort, Northumbria
Date: 30 June 2018.





Place: Olympia Archeological Site, Greece
Date: 12 September 2019.




Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2020.


[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).
Distribution and sightings of the chaffinch across the British Isles

Selected Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

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


Place: Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.



Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 May 2021.





Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2022.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 April 2022.


Place: Entrance to Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 April 2022.




Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the reed bunting across the British Isles

Various Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2022.




Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 February 2022.








Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

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

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

Selected Black-headed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Ring canal around Bruges, Belgium
Date: 2 December 2018.


Place: Village Bay, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.


Place: Venice, Italy
Date: 20 August 2019.



Place: Brindisi, Italy
Date: 18 September 2019.


Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.





Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 February 2021.



Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.



Place: Overstrand, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.



[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

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

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

Heronries

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 20 February 2018.



Place: Loch Leven Castle, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2018.



Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2019.










Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 3 March 2020.





Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 12 April 2020.





Place: Forest Farm near Asda, Coryton, Cardiff
Date: 18 January 2022.







[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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