Welsh House Martins

Passeriformes #1

Place: Farm House, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

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

Place: Walled Garden, Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.

[Delichon urbicum, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common house martin]

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

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

?Sparrowhawk Flying over Bardsey

Accipitriformes

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Accipiter nisus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian sparrowhawk]

The sound of the sparrowhawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sophie Neill)

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

Wrens from Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #2

Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

Place: Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.

[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).

Ravens from Wales

Passeriformes #1

Place: Mew Stone, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

Place: St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 July 2019.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

Place: Porth Henllys, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.

Place: Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales
Date: 28 September 2020.

Place: Conwy Mountain, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.

[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Various Collared Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Date: 31 May 2017.

Place: Braga, northern Portugal
Date: 31 August 2018.

Place: Sesimbra, Setubal district, central Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

Place: Paravang, Blankenberge
Date: 21 January 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 February 2019.

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

[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

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

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

Welsh Linnets

Passeriformes #3

Place: Path between Ty Pellaf and School, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

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

Place: South of Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.

Place: Pembrokeshire Coastal Path near Manorbier
Date: 21 July 2020.

Place: Pembrokeshire Coastal Path near Angle
Date: 22 July 2020.

[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

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

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

Siskin in the Mist Nets

Passeriformes #3

Place: Mist nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.

[Spinus spinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian siskin]

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

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

Ringed Plovers from Wales

Charadriiformes

Place: Broughton Bay, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.

Place: Porthdinllaen, Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.

Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

[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).

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).

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).