[also known as a Cayuga duck]
Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.
[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).
Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 October 2018.
Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.
[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]
The sound of the little egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)
Distribution and sightings of the little egret across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.
Place: North Plain near farm, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.
Place: Winter Pond, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.
Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.
[Larus marinus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great black-backed gull]
The sound of the great black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Visitor Centre, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.
[Anser erythropus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser white-fronted goose]
The sound of the lesser white-fronted goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)
Distribution and sightings of the lesser white-fronted goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Path between farm and South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.
Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.
Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.
Place: Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.
Place: Mad Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.
Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.
[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).
Place: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Date: 28 October 2017.
This set of pictures are the exception to the rule that all of the images on my blog are mine. In this case, the original pictures were taken by Stephen Roberts, and I took the liberty of photographing some of the slides for his presentation “The Honey Buzzard – Wales’ secret raptor” as part of the “Unknown Wales 2017” conference at the National Museum of Wales. My main reason for this is that my chances of ever seeing, let alone photographing, a live honey buzzard are so close to nil as to be virtually non-existent. Plus, looking for their nest is not something that should be encouraged or even attempted unless you’re fully licensed to do so.
[Pernis apivorus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European honey buzzard]
The sound of the honey buzzard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Simon Elliott)
Distribution of the honey buzzard across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Santa Cruz, Galapagos
Date: 15 August 2010.
Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.
[Phoenicopterus ruber, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: American flamingo]
The sound of the Caribbean flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Esau Toaki Villarreal)
Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.
[Mareca sibilatrix, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chiloé wigeon]
The sound of the Chiloé wigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Gallardy)
Distribution and sightings of the Chiloé wigeon across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Thirlwall Castle, Northumbria
Date: 1 July 2018.
[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]
The sound of the swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the common swift across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
Date: 27 June 2015.
Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.
Place: Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.
Place: Sabaudia, Latina, Italy
Date: 15 June 2016.
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2016.
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.
[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).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 