Local Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 19 January 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2017.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 18 February 2017.

[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).

Snipe

Charadriiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 October 2016.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 October 2016.

[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Female Bullfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 November 2016.

[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).

Fighting Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 February 2017.

[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Heronry

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm between Asda car park and Coryton railway cutting
Dates: 19 January 2017.

Place: Swell Wood RSPB nature reserve, Somerset
Dates: 25 May 2013.

[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

More Dippers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 20 November 2016.

Place: River Taff near Bute Park, Cardiff
Dates: 14 January 2017.

[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

Reed Bunting in Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 8 January 2017.

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

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

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

Wren

Passeriformes #2

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 5 November 2016.

[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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

Moorhen on a Stick

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 29 October 2016.

[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

The sound of the moorhen (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Krzysztof Deoniziak)

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

Dunnocks of Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 3 October 2016.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 8 October 2016.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 9 October 2016.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 26 October 2016.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 4 November 2016.

[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).