Category Archives: Passeriformes

Brahminy Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.




[Sturnia pagodarum, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brahminy starling]

The sound of the Brahminy starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sreekumar Chirukandoth)

Skylark on Lundy

Passeriformes #1

Place: Main Path North of 3/4 Wall, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.


Place: Main Path North of 3/4 Wall, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.








[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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

Blackcaps

Passeriformes #1

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.





Place: Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 12 April 2021.





Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 May 2021.




[Sylvia atricapilla, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blackcap]

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

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

Blue Tit Winkling Out a Grub

Passeriformes #1

Place: Camping Alfios, Olympia, Greece
Date: 14 September 2019.




[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

The sound of the blue tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Selected Grey Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

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




Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.



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



Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.



[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

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

Linnets from Northumbria

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lindisfarne, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.




Place: Coast South of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.





Place: Coast South of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 8 June 2021.


[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

The sound of the linnet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Hooded Crows from Sardinia

Passeriformes #1

Place: Torre Salinas, Sardinia
Date: 12 June 2017.



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




Place: Alghero, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.


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



Place: Isola Asinara, Sardinia
Date: 22 June 2017.



[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

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

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

Various Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 23 April 2019.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.






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








Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2020.



[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian nuthatch]

The sound of the nuthatch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Jackdaw Couple on Chimney

Passeriformes #1

Place: Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.







[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Selected Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

Place: Chapel, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.


Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.



Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2021.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.



Place: Hillend, Gower
Date: 31 May 2021.


Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.


Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.


[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

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

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