Category Archives: Passeriformes

Starling on St.Kilda

Passeriformes #2

Place: Village, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.



[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Various Willow Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: South-eastern Slopes of Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.



Place: Farm House, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.


Place: Valhelhas, North-eastern Portugal
Date: 4 September 2018.






Place: Camping Kalamitsi Beach, Preveza, Greece
Date: 26 August 2019.



[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Cape Robin-chat

Passeriformes #2

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





[Cossypha caffra, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cape robin-chat]

The sound of the Cape robin-chat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Siskin in the Mist Nets

Passeriformes #3

Place: Mist nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.






[Spinus spinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian siskin]

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

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

Various Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Deeside Holiday Park, Maryculter, Aberdeenshire
Date: 14 July 2017.







Place: St.Nicholas Church Gardens, Liverpool
Date: 17 April 2018.



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





Place: Mezio, Peneda-Gerês National Park, northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.







Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.


Place: Newark Park, Gloucestershire
Date: 17 March 2020.



[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

Welsh Whitethroats

Passeriformes #1

Place: Whistling Sands, Porthor, Gwynedd
Date: 17 May 2019.







Place: Nant plantation, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.



[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

Grey Wagtails from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.






Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.




Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.




Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.



Place: River Taff near Radyr Station, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.



[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

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Passeriformes #1

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




[Pycnonotus jocosus, Family Pycnonotidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-whiskered bulbul]

The sound of the red-whiskered bulbul (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sreekumar Chirukandoth)

Stonechats from Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.


Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.




Place: Mist nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.



[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European stonechat]

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

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

Common Redpoll

Passeriformes #3

Place: Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.


[Acanthis flammea, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redpoll]

The sound of the common redpoll (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Krzysztof Deoniziak)

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