Category Archives: Bird Order

White Stork

Ciconiiformes

Place: Bourton-on-the-Water, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
Date: 27 June 2015.


[Ciconia ciconia, Family Ciconiidae, Order Ciconiiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White stork]

The sound of the white stork (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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

Red-legged Partridge

Galliformes

Place: Langleeford Farm near Wooler, Northumbria
Date: 10 June 2021.








[Alectoris rufa, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-legged partridge]

The sound of the red-legged partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Forest Farm Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 January 2019.




Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 January 2019.



Place: River Taff near Radyr Station, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.



Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2019.



Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.


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



Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.









[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]

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

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

Red-breasted Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Visitor Centre, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.



Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.


[Branta ruficollis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted goose]

The sound of the red-breasted goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Sander Bot)

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

Welsh Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Whitchurch Churchyard, Cardiff
Date: 2 October 2018.


Place: River Taff near Llandaff North, Cardiff
Date: 28 January 2019.



Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.




Place: Llaneilian Porth, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.



Place: Porthor, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 6 December 2020.



Place: Hafod Estate, Ceredigion
Date: 30 March 2021.


[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

Local Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Piciformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.






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


Place: Garth Hill, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Date: 20 April 2021.



[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

The sound of the great spotted woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Ospreys in the Lake

Accipitriformes

Place: Llyn Clywedog reservoir, Powys
Date: 31 March 2021.









[Pandion haliaetus, Family Pandionidae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Osprey]

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

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

Grey Herons from Forest Farm, Part 2

Pelecaniformes

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


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


Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 June 2020.



Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.


Place: River Taff Downstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2020.



Place: Southern Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2021.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 May 2021.





[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

Grey Herons from Forest Farm, Part 1

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 April 2014.




Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 August 2017.




Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.







Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.




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




[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

Cormorant with Filoplumes

Suliformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 February 2021.




[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

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

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