Sedge Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 20 April 2023.

Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 April 2023.

Place: Second Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2023.

Place: Second Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2023.

Place: Porthor, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2023.

[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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

Selected Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Scarborough, Yorkshire
Date: 1 November 2015.

Place: Brandon Hill near Cabot Tower, Bristol
Date: 10 April 2016.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 October 2022.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 22 January 2023.

Place: Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2023.

[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).

Selected Wheatears, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Northern Meadows, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Carn Llundain, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Llanrhidian Salt Marshes, Gower
Date: 9 August 2018.

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

Place: North-west corner of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

Place: Rhossili, Gower
Date: 16 July 2019.

Place: Coast path between Abereiddi and Porthgain
Date: 3 September 2020.

Place: Coast path near Moelfre, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.

Place: St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

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

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

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2019.

Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal near Lock, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2020.

Place: Benllech beach, Anglesey
Date: 21 September 2020.

Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.

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

Place: Ogmore-by-sea, Bridgend
Date: 30 May 2021.

Place: Barafundle Bay, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.

Place: Castle, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Selected Herring Gulls, Part 1

Charadriiformes

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

Place: West Bay, Dorset
Date: 7 March 2020.

Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.

Place: Falmouth, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.

Place: Coast path near Moelfre, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.

Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.

Place: Campsite, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: Caerfai Bay campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Various Gannets

Suliformes

Place: Lighthouse, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Offshore from north coast of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: Ferry crossing from Eriskay to Barra, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

Place: Rua Reidh lighthouse, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.

Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

The sound of the gannet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Selected Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

Place: Chapel, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2021.

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

Place: Hillend, Gower
Date: 31 May 2021.

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.

[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

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

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

Turnstones on Bardsey Island

Charadriiformes

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy turnstone]

The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)

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

Sedge Warblers on Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ringing station, Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Ty Pellaf Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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

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).