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).

Cetti’s Warblers at Fishlake Meadows

Passeriformes #2

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

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

[Cettia cetti, Family Cettiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cetti’s warbler]

The sound of Cetti’s warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bernard Collet)

Distribution and sightings of Cetti’s warbler across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Sedge Warblers on Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ringing station, Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Ty Pellaf Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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

Chestnut-backed Thrush

Passeriformes #2

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

[Geokichla dohertyi, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chestnut-backed thrush]

Violet-backed Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.

[Cinnyricinclus leucogaster, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Violet-backed starling]

The sound of the violet-backed starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Various Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

Place: River Ystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

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

[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Juvenile Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal near Pencelli, Powys
Date: 29 August 2020.

[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).

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Passeriformes #2

Place: Ancient Mycenae, Argolis, Greece
Date: 2 September 2019.

Place: Ancient Messini, Messenia, Greece
Date: 9 September 2019.

[Oenanthe melanoleuca, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eastern black-eared wheatear]

The sound of the Eastern black-eared wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

Distribution of the Eastern black-eared wheatear across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Diseased Great Tit

Passeriformes #1

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

[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

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

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

Welsh Rock Pipits, Part 2

Passeriformes #3

Place: West coast, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Southend, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: North-west corner of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

Place: Ynys Llanddwyn, Anglesey
Date: 26 September 2020.

Place: Tanybwlch, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

[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).