Category Archives: Passeriformes

More Forest Farm Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.







Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 July 2018.



Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.








Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.



[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).

Skokholm Choughs

Passeriformes #1

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.









Place: Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.











Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.









[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

More Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Trerice Manor near Newquay, Cornwall
Date: 18 October 2017.






Place: Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
Date: 22 March 2018.


Place: Basic Slag Company quarry, Nant Transhyrhebog, Cefn Onn, Cardiff
Date: 22 April 2018.



Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.



Place: Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.




Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.


Place: Goodall’s Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.


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



[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

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

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

Skokholm Ravens

Passeriformes #1

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.








Place: Mad Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.



Place: Mad Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.





Place: The Bluffs, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.



Place: Twinlet Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.




[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).

Forest Farm Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 October 2016.



Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2016.




Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2017.




[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Siberian Chiffchaff

Passeriformes #2

Place: Parc Pond, Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 8 January 2019.










Place: Parc Pond, Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 9 January 2019.







[Phylloscopus collybita tristis, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Siberian chiffchaff]

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

House Martins in a Row

Passeriformes #1

Place: Mêda, north-eastern Portugal
Date: 3 September 2018.



Place: Valhelhas, eastern central Portugal
Date: 4 September 2018.







Place: Aljezur, south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.




[Delichon urbicum, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common house martin]

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

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

British Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

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



Place: The Maer, Exmouth, Devon
Date: 13 March 2018.





Place: Tay Bridge, Fife, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2018.



Place: Bankhead Farm, Fife, Scotland
Date: 24 June 2018.





Place: Llanrhidian, Gower
Date: 9 August 2018.


[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

Forest Farm Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 August 2018.


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




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


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

Skokholm Wheatears

Passeriformes #2

Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.






Place: North Gully, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.



Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.



Place: The Bluffs, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.


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