Welsh Rock Pipits, Part 1

Passeriformes #3

Place: New Quay, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2018.

Place: Swan Lake Bay beach, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.

Place: Stack Rocks near Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.

Place: Rocky coastline west of Angle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 April 2019.

[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).

Chaffinches from Scotland

Passeriformes #3

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

Place: Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.

Place: Crianlarich, Perthshire, Scotland
Date: 3 June 2019.

[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Still More Forest Farm Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 October 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2021.

[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Local Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 15 June 2020.

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

[Pica pica, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie]

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

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

Still More Local Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Path near Allotments, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 January 2019.

Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Cardiff
Date: 24 January 2019.

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 May 2020.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 May 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of M4, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

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

Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 March 2021.

[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Goldcrest

Passeriformes #2

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

[Regulus regulus, Family Regulidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Goldcrest]

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

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

More Local Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 20 March 2020.

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

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

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 16 April 2020.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 21 May 2020.

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 4 February 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2021.

[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

Various House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: Figueras, Catalunya, Spain
Date: 20 June 2016.

Place: Kardamyli, West Man, Messenia, Greece
Date: 8 September 2019.

Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.

Place: Llanddona beach, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2020.

[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Black Redstart

Passeriformes #2

Place: Pescasseroli, Abruzzo National Park, Italy
Date: 21 Septemer 2019.

Place: Santa Cruz de la Seros, Aragon, Spain
Date: 24 Septemer 2019.

[Phoenicurus ochruros, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black redstart]

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

Distribution of the black redstart across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Wheatear at Goldcliff Lagoons

Passeriformes #2

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.

[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

The sound of the wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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