Category Archives: Passeriformes

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

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).
Distribution and sightings of Cetti's warbler across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the sedge warbler across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the chiffchaff across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the bullfinch across the British Isles

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).
Distribution of the Eastern black-eared wheatear across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the great tit across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the rock pipit across the British Isles