Category Archives: Passeriformes

Welsh Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Parc Slip, Tondu
Date: 17 November 2018.





Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 March 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

Sand Martin

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.




[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

Various Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Arlington Court near Barnstaple, Devon
Date: 27 June 2009.


Place: Orgiva, near Granada, Andalucia
Date: 8 June 2015.


Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 11 October 2016.









Place: Hinton Ampner estate, Hampshire
Date: 7 April 2017.






[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).
Distribution and sightings of the chaffinch across the British Isles

Sedge Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ath Mhor, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Date: 16 June 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

Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 April 2019.


Place: Nature trail from Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 April 2019.


Place: Rockcliffe, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.


Place: Tower Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.



Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2020.


Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2020.




[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

Great Tits from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #1

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


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


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


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



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



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 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

Pied Flycatchers from Greece

Passeriformes #2

Place: Delphi, Phocis, Greece
Date: 27 August 2019.










Place: Olympia Archeological Site, Elis, Greece
Date: 12 September 2019.






[Ficedula hypoleuca, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European pied flycatcher]

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

Distribution of the pied flycatcher across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution of the pied flycatcher across the British Isles

Rock Pipits from Scotland

Passeriformes #3

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.





Place: Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 10 June 2018.




Place: Hamnavoe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.



Place: Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.



Place: St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2018.



Place: Ravenspoint, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 5 June 2019.






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


[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian 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