Category Archives: Coraciiformes

Forest Farm Kingfishers, Part 2

Coraciiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 January 2022.



Place: River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 January 2022.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 January 2022.





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



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 May 2022.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 December 2022.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 December 2022.





Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2024.






Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 20 January 2024.







[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Forest Farm Kingfishers, Part 1

Coraciiformes

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







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




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





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





Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 January 2021.



Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 February 2021.





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





Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 June 2021.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2021.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2022.



[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Kingfisher Flitting from Pillar to Post

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2022.





























[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

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)

Laughing Kookaburra

Coraciiformes

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












[Dacelo novaeguineae, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Laughing kookaburra]

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

Kingfishers from Elsewhere

Coraciiformes

Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 27 September 2019.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 August 2020.







Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 July 2021.


Place: Normanton Church, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.






[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Kingfishers from Greece

Coraciiformes

Place: Gialova Lagoon Position #1, Messena, Greece
Date: 10 September 2019.









Place: Gialova Lagoon Position #2, Messena, Greece
Date: 10 September 2019.



[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Forest Farm Kingfishers 2019, Part 2

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2019.



















Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 October 2019.





Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 November 2019.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2019.


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











Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 December 2019.


[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Forest Farm Kingfishers 2019, Part 1

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.



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


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 January 2019.








Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 February 2019.




Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 February 2019.





Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2019.



Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2019.







[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Male and Female Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2019.













[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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