Category Archives: Britain

Red Kite Feeding Time, Part 2

Accipitriformes

Place: Bwlch Nant yr Arian feeding station, Ceredigion
Date: 1 April 2021.
















[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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

Red Kite Feeding Time, Part 1

Accipitriformes

Place: Bwlch Nant yr Arian feeding station, Ceredigion
Date: 23 November 2020.





















[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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

Various Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.





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



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






[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Juvenile Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal near Pencelli, Powys
Date: 29 August 2020.








[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

Diseased Great Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 June 2020.








[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

The sound of the great tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Welsh Rock Pipits, Part 2

Passeriformes #3

Place: West coast, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.


Place: Southend, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.




Place: North-west corner of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.


Place: Ynys Llanddwyn, Anglesey
Date: 26 September 2020.





Place: Tanybwlch, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.



[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European rock pipit]

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

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

Welsh Rock Pipits, Part 1

Passeriformes #3

Place: New Quay, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2018.





Place: Swan Lake Bay beach, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.








Place: Stack Rocks near Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.


Place: Rocky coastline west of Angle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 April 2019.


[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European rock pipit]

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

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

Chaffinches from Scotland

Passeriformes #3

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



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



Place: Crianlarich, Perthshire, Scotland
Date: 3 June 2019.


[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

Still More Forest Farm Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 June 2020.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 October 2020.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2021.


[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

Local Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 15 June 2020.




Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Station, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 November 2020.



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




[Pica pica, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie]

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

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