Blackcaps

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 12 April 2021.

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

[Sylvia atricapilla, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blackcap]

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

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

Tufted Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 1 March 2017.

Place: London Wetlands WWT
Date: 9 July 2017.

Place: Fleetwood Marsh Nature Park, Fleetwood, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

The sound of the tufted duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Coot with Young

Gruiformes

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

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

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 July 2021.

[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

The sound of the coot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Selected Grey Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: River Tummel, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.

Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

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

Linnets from Northumbria

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lindisfarne, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

Place: Coast South of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

Place: Coast South of Craster, Northumbria
Date: 8 June 2021.

[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

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

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

Various Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 23 April 2019.

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

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

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2020.

[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian nuthatch]

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

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

Jackdaw Couple on Chimney

Passeriformes #1

Place: Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.

[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Selected Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

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

Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2021.

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

Place: Hillend, Gower
Date: 31 May 2021.

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.

[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

The sound of the blackbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Hawfinch in the New Forest

Passeriformes #3

Place: Exbury Gardens, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.

[Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hawfinch]

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

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

Swift Extricating Itself from Nesthole

Apodiformes

Place: Ilam Hall, Peak District, Staffordshire
Date: 24 May 2021.

[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

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

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