Western Orphean Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Rarity of the year 2019 : caught in the mist nets near the Bird Observatory and not seen before or after – only 8 people (2 staff, 1 volunteer, and 5 members of the public) saw it, 3 or 4 of whom had cameras, in order to witness the second ever instance of this bird in Wales and the sixth in the UK (see also the Twitter entry for Bardsey Island)

Place: Ringing station, Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

[Curruca hortensis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western Orphean warbler]

The sound of the western Orphean warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Charlie Bodin)

Local Wrens

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 30 March 2018.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 August 2018.

[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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

Local Robins

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 13 October 2017.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

Place: Coryton Roundabout, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 October 2018.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 2 November 2019.

[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).

Meadow Pipits on Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lighthouse, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Middle of west side of mountain, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: North-west corner of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

Place: The Withys, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

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

Place: North-west Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: North-east Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

[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).

Dipper in Dovedale

Passeriformes #2

Place: Dove Dale, Peak District, Staffordshire / Derbyshire
Date: 4 November 2019.

[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).

Treecreeper

Passeriformes #2

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 March 2019.

[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Juvenile Red-backed Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kastraki, Thessaly, Greece
Date: 23 August 2019.

[Lanius collurio, Family Laniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-backed shrike]

The sound of the red-backed shrike (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

Distribution of the red-backed shrike across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Crag Martins from Iberia

Passeriformes #1

Place: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, North-western Spain
Date: 24 August 2018.

Place: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, North-western Spain
Date: 25 August 2018.

Place: Senhora da Peneda, Peneda-Gerês National Park, Northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.

Place: Mosteiro de Tibães, near Braga, Northern Portugal
Date: 31 August 2018.

Place: Belmonte, North-east Portugal between Guarda and Castelo Branco
Date: 4 September 2018.

[Ptyonoprogne rupestris, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian crag martin]

The sound of the crag martin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Hooded Crows from Scotland

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Mainland
Date: 24 July 2017.

Place: Bunchrew, Beauly Firth
Date: 27 July 2017.

Place: RSPB Sumburgh, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

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

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

Place: Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 11 June 2018.

Place: Arnol Blackhouse, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.

Place: Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.

Place: Gress, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

The sound of the hooded crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Harrop)

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

Local Redwings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.

Place: River Taff near Llandaff North
Date: 28 January 2019.

Place: Long Wood, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 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).