Category Archives: Passeriformes

Garden Warbler

Passeriformes #1

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






[Sylvia borin, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Garden warbler]

The sound of the garden warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Juvenile Willow Warbler

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lews Castle grounds, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.





[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Young Stonechat

Passeriformes #2

Place: St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.










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

Plum-throated Cotinga (Stuffed Specimen)

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cragside House, Rothbury, Northumbria
Date: 9 June 2021.


[Cotinga maynana, Family Cotingidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Plum-throated cotinga]

The sound of the plum-throated cotinga (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Coopmans)

Choughs from Pembrokeshire, Part 2

Passeriformes #1

Place: St. Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.









Place: Coast path south of St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.




Place: Porth Clais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 June 2021.


Place: Deer Park, Martin’s Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.


Place: St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.



[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

Choughs from Pembrokeshire, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Deer Park, Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
Date: 16 July 2018.




Place: North Meadows, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.


Place: Foot of Foel Fawr, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.


Place: Porthlysgi, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.


Place: St. Justinian’s, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.






Place: St. Non’s, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.



[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 Jays from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 December 2019.





Place: Southern Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2020.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2020.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 November 2020.



Place: Southern Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2021.



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

Young Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Muchelney Abbey, Somerset
Date: 25 May 2013.

Place: Kenfig Pool near Port Talbot
Date: 1 June 2013.


Place: Seahouses, Northumbria
Date: 28 June 2018.


Place: Seahouses, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.









Place: Salthouse, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.





[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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