Category Archives: Passeriformes

Juvenile Barn Swallows

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cardoness Castle, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.





Place: Hillier Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 7 July 2020.



Place: Kennet & Avon canal near Crofton, Wiltshire
Date: 9 August 2020.






[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]

The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Local Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

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







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


[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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

Ravens from Wales

Passeriformes #1

Place: Mew Stone, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.



Place: St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.



Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.


Place: Caerfai Bay, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 July 2019.








Place: Caerfai Bay, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.


Place: Porth Henllys, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.



Place: Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales
Date: 28 September 2020.


Place: Conwy Mountain, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.


[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

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

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

More Forest Farm Dippers, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.








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









[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

More Forest Farm Dippers, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Melingruffydd feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 March 2018.



Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.









Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 May 2020.










[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2019.





Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 25 December 2019.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 29 December 2019.









Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 March 2020.



Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 August 2020.


[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

The sound of the long-tailed tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Simon Elliott)

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

More Redwings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 December 2019.






[Turdus iliacus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Redwing]

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

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

More Local Robins

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fforest Ganol, north of Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 11 June 2020.




Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.



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


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



[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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

Meadow Pipit at Goldcliff Lagoons

Passeriformes #3

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





[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]

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

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