Category Archives: Passeriformes

Serin Fledgling

Passeriformes #3

Place: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, north-west Spain
Date: 25 August 2018.








[Serinus serinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European serin]

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

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

Zitting Cisticola

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lagoas de Santo André e Sancha, south-west Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.



[Cisticola juncidis, Family Cisticolidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Zitting cisticola]

The sound of the zitting cisticola (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jorge Leitão)

More Local Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 October 2016.


Place: Longwood Drive, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2017.



Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 12 December 2017.



Place: Coryton Roundabout, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.



Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 3 February 2018.




Place: Forest Farm near River Taff, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.



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



Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 5 April 2018.



[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Black Redstarts from Spain

Passeriformes #2

Place: San Pere de Rodes, Catalunya
Date: 19 June 2016.



Place: Cabo Vidio, Asturias, northern Spain
Date: 23 August 2018.






Place: Zamora, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 17 September 2018.




Place: Punta del Dichoso, Suances, coast of Cantabria, Spain
Date: 19 September 2018.



[Phoenicurus ochruros, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black redstart]

The sound of the black redstart (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution of the black redstart across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

White Wagtails Lounging by the Pool

Passeriformes #3

Place: Campismo Campidouro, Medas, west of Porto on Rio Douro
Date: 2 September 2018.









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

The sound of the white wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jorge Leitão)

Distribution of the white wagtail across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Coal Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 November 2016.


Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 October 2017.


Place: Killiecrankie, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.




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



[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]

The sound of the coal tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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

More Forest Farm Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 October 2017.




Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 November 2017.


Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.





[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian nuthatch]

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

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

Pied Flycatcher

Passeriformes #2

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



Place: Chaves, northern Portugal
Date: 30 August 2018.







Place: Salamanca, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 17 September 2018.



Place: Zamora, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 17 September 2018.


[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).

More Forest Farm Jays

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 October 2017.





Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 December 2017.



Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.



Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2018.




Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.



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




[Garrulus glandarius, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian jay]

The sound of the jay (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Various Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Albert Dock, Liverpool
Date: 16 April 2018.


Place: St.Nicholas Church Gardens, Liverpool
Date: 18 April 2018.


Place: Farm building, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.



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




Place: Stirling, Scotland
Date: 5 June 2018.



Place: Haltwhistle campsite , Northumbria
Date: 30 June 2018.


Place: Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 18 July 2018.


[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

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

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