Various Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Deeside Holiday Park, Maryculter, Aberdeenshire
Date: 14 July 2017.

Place: St.Nicholas Church Gardens, Liverpool
Date: 17 April 2018.

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

Place: Mezio, Peneda-Gerês National Park, northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.

Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.

Place: Newark Park, Gloucestershire
Date: 17 March 2020.

[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).

Welsh Whitethroats

Passeriformes #1

Place: Whistling Sands, Porthor, Gwynedd
Date: 17 May 2019.

Place: Nant plantation, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

Grey Wagtails from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.

Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Station, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.

[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).

Teal

Anseriformes

Place: RSPB Marshside, near Southport, Merseyside
Date: 25 February 2018.

Place: Welsh Wildlife Centre, Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 31 March 2018.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

Place: Northern Wetlands, Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Aberkenfig, near Bridgend
Date: 8 January 2019.

[Anas crecca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian teal]

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

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

Pochard

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 25 December 2019.

[Aythya ferina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pochard]

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

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

Shags from Scotland

Suliformes

Place: Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.

Place: Dun, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Alex Lees)

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

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Passeriformes #1

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.

[Pycnonotus jocosus, Family Pycnonotidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-whiskered bulbul]

The sound of the red-whiskered bulbul (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sreekumar Chirukandoth)

Stonechats from Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

Place: Mist nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

[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).

Common Redpoll

Passeriformes #3

Place: Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.

[Acanthis flammea, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redpoll]

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

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

Great Spotted Woodpeckers from Scotland

Piciformes

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

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

Place: Norham Castle, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Date: 24 June 2019.

[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

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

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