Forest Farm Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 8 October 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 October 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 26 October 2016.

[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).

Forest Farm Coal Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 October 2016.

[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]

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

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

Brahminy Kite

Accipitriformes

Place: Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly
Dates: 30 July 2016.

[Haliastur indus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brahminy kite]

The sound of the Brahminy kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Mascarenhas)

More Forest Farm Snipes

Charadriiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 October 2016.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 4 November 2016.

[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Rock Pigeon

Columbiformes

Place: Laugharne Castle, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 23 September 2016.

[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock dove]

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

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

Puna Teal

Anseriformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Dates: 9 July 2017.

[Spatula puna, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Puna teal]

The sound of the Puna teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Juan Mazar Barnett)

Winter Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Hyde Park, London
Dates: 4 December 2015.

[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Skomer Choughs

Passeriformes #1

Place: Skomer between Pigstone Bay and Skomer Head
Dates: 11 May 2017.

Place: South Plateau, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.

Place: Paynes Ledge, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.

[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Feeding Herons in Hyde Park

Pelecaniformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Dates: 7 July 2017.

[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Sunbathing Song Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Crumlin canal between Newport and Risca
Dates: 8 April 2017.

[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).