Category Archives: Britain

Greenfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Date: 3 May 2016.





Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 October 2016.





[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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

Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Date: 16 August 2016.







[Lamprotornis caudatus, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed glossy starling]

The sound of the long-tailed glossy starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bram Piot)

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittaciformes

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















[Psittacula krameri, Family Psittaculidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rose-ringed parakeet]

The sound of the rose-ringed parakeet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Distribution and sightings of the rose-ringed parakeet across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Various Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Cardiff Bay
Date: 4 February 2017.





Place: Arnside estuary, Cumbria
Date: 8 February 2017.





Place: Llanberis, Snowdonia
Date: 25 March 2016.





[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]

The sound of the goosander (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Forest Farm Jays

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 October 2016.







Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 October 2016.




Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 November 2016.





[Garrulus glandarius, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian jay]

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

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

Ringed Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Oxwich Bay, Gower Peninsula
Date: 14 August 2015.




[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

The sound of the ringed plover (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Local Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 19 January 2017.








Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2017.




Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 18 February 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).
Distribution and sightings of the song thrush across the British Isles

Red-crested Pochard

Anseriformes

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




[Netta rufina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-crested pochard]

The sound of the red-crested pochard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

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

Snipe

Charadriiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 October 2016.






Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 October 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).

Pied Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Dates: 7 November 2016.


Place: Charmouth, Dorset
Dates: 21 July 2016.








Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.



[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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