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).

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).

Spotted Flycatchers

Passeriformes #2

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

Place: Ponte de Lima, northern Portugal
Date: 27 August 2018.

Place: Portinho, near Setubal, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

Place: Aljezur, south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.

Place: Threave Gardens, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 28 June 2019.

Place: Danebury Hillfort, Hampshire
Date: 9 August 2020.

[Muscicapa striata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted flycatcher]

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

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

Choughs from Pembrokeshire, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Deer Park, Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
Date: 16 July 2018.

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

Place: Foot of Foel Fawr, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Porthlysgi, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

Place: St. Justinian’s, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

Place: St. Non’s, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

[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).

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).

Various Willow Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: South-eastern Slopes of Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

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

Place: Valhelhas, North-eastern Portugal
Date: 4 September 2018.

Place: Camping Kalamitsi Beach, Preveza, Greece
Date: 26 August 2019.

[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Great Cormorants from Wales

Suliformes

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 November 2017.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 November 2017.

Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 20 February 2018.

Place: The Bitches off Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 January 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 February 2019.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2019.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.

[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

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

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

Linnets from South Wales

Passeriformes #3

Place: Mwnt, near Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 3 April 2018.

Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 30 April 2018.

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

Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Abereiddy and Porthgain
Date: 20 July 2018.

Place: Hillend Burrows, Rhossili, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.

Place: Swanlake Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.

[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).

Welsh Fulmars

Procellariiformes

Place: Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 April 2017.

Place: The Neck, Skomer
Date: 11 May 2017.

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 12 May 2017.

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: Mid-west Coast of Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: St. Non’s, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)

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

Welsh Red Kites in Flight

Accipitriformes

Place: Devil’s Bridge, Ceredigion
Date: 3 April 2018.

Place: Ramsey Island midway between Porth Lleuog and Harbour
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Talgarth, Powys
Date: 11 August 2018.

[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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