Category Archives: Passeriformes

More Selected Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

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


Place: Newborough, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.




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



Place: Camping Silvercraigs, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.



Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.



Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2022.


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



[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

House Martin Nests

Passeriformes #1

Place: Uppark House, West Sussex
Date: 7 April 2017.







Place: Sezincote House, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
Date: 29 July 2021.






[Delichon urbicum, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common house martin]

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

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

House Sparrows Taking a Sand Bath

Passeriformes #3

Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Date: 16 May 2022.









[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 2

Passeriformes #1

Place: Field Edge East of Marisco Tavern, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.



Place: The Chase, Woolton Hill, Hampshire
Date: 5 October 2021.


Place: Sharkham Point, Brixham, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.


Place: Kingswear, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.


Place: Elbert Common, Torbay, Devon
Date: 27 January 2022.


Place: Car Park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Coast Path between Porthgain and Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.





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


Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.



Place: Coast Path West of Solva, Pembrokeshire
Date: 12 August 2022.



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


[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2019.



Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal near Lock, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2020.


Place: Benllech beach, Anglesey
Date: 21 September 2020.




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


Place: River Ystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.




Place: Ogmore-by-sea, Bridgend
Date: 30 May 2021.


Place: Barafundle Bay, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.



Place: Castle, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.




[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Welsh Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Whitesands Bay, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.



Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2023.




Place: Powis Castle, near Welshpool, Powys
Date: 29 March 2023.


[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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

Young Ravens

Passeriformes #1

Place: Stackpole Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.









Place: Oxwich Point, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.






[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Jays from Greece

Passeriformes #1

Place: Camping The Cave, Kastraki, Greece
Date: 24 August 2019.






Place: Camping Blue Dolphin, Corinth, Greece
Date: 29 August 2019.




[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

Selected Mistle Thrushes, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Coast Path between Horton and Oxwich, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.



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


Place: Muckross House, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 8 September 2022.





Place: Llynn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Date: 22 October 2022.








Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 January 2023.


[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

Selected Mistle Thrushes, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lower Force, Upper Teesdale, North Pennines, County Durham
Date: 6 June 2021.


Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 November 2021.




Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 February 2022.






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





[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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