Category Archives: Passeriformes

Goldfinches Taking a Bath

Passeriformes #3

Place: Southgate, Gower
Date: 16 May 2022.







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

Young Snow Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Dunwich, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.












[Plectrophenax nivalis, Family Calcariidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Snow bunting]

The sound of the snow bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Red-eyed Vireo (Stuffed Specimen)

Passeriformes #1

Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.




Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 August 2022.




Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 12 August 2022.





[Vireo olivaceus, Family Vireonidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-eyed vireo]

The sound of the red-eyed vireo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist William Whitehead)

Selected Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Newgale, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 April 2017.



Place: Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve, Blackpool, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.


Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 20 March 2018.



Place: Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2019.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 21 July 2022.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 30 July 2022.


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

The sound of the blue tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Blue-faced Honeyeater

Passeriformes #1

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.






[Entomyzon cyanotis, Family Meliphagidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-faced honeyeater]

The sound of the blue-faced honeyeater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

Whitethroats from Scotland

Passeriformes #1

Place: Portnahaven, Islay, Scotland
Date: 9 June 2022.







Place: Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 12 June 2022.







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

Selected Stonechats

Passeriformes #2

Place: Coast path near Marloes, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 April 2018.



Place: Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 15 May 2018.





Place: Burges Island, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.



Place: Rest Bay, Porthcawl
Date: 25 July 2019.



Place: Ancient Messini, Greece
Date: 9 September 2019.



Place: Conwy Mountain, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.


Place: Nash Point, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 2 November 2020.


Place: Porth Neigwl, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 5 December 2020.


Place: Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.


[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common 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

Treecreepers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.


Place: Longshaw Estate, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.



Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 May 2022.




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

Siskins in Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2022.










[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

More Rooks

Passeriformes #1

Place: Caerfai Bay campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.



Place: Portree, Isle of Skye
Date: 3 September 2021.


Place: Easton-on-the-Hill, Northamptonshire
Date: 30 October 2021.




Place: Bishop’s Palace, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.



Place: Martyr Bay, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.



[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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