Category Archives: Passeriformes

Reed Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2022.





Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 May 2022.





[Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian reed warbler]

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

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

Bengalese Finch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Ardencraig Gardens, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.






[Lonchura striata domestica, Family Estrildidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Society finch]

The sound of the Bengalese finch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bo Shunqi)

Coal Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Ynys-hir visitor centre, Ceredigion
Date: 22 November 2020.


Place: Benmore Botanical Garden, Argyll, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the coal tit across the British Isles

Selected Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Harry Rocks, north of Swanage, Dorset
Date: 11 March 2020.


Place: Benllech beach, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.



Place: Newborough Warren, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.



Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.



Place: Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 April 2021.



Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.



Place: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
Date: 27 March 2022.


Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

More Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Sartène, Corsica
Date: 4 June 2017.



Place: Torre del Porticciolo, Sardinia
Date: 19 June 2017.


Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.



Place: Housesteads Roman Fort, Northumbria
Date: 30 June 2018.





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




Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2020.


[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

Selected Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

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


Place: Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.



Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 May 2021.





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



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 April 2022.


Place: Entrance to Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 April 2022.




Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.



[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Various Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

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




Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 February 2022.








Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



[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

More Cetti’s Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.




Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.



Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.







[Cettia cetti, Family Cettiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cetti’s warbler]

The sound of the Cetti’s warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bernard Collet)

Distribution and sightings of the Cetti’s warbler across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the Cetti's warbler across the British Isles

Nutcracker (Stuffed Specimen)

Passeriformes #1

Place: Grosvenor Museum, Chester
Date: 9 October 2021.




[Nucifraga caryocatactes, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted nutcracker]

The sound of the nutcracker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Albert Lastukhin)

More Sedge Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 May 2021.



Place: Abermawr, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.




Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.




Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.





Place: Trefin, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.



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




[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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