Category Archives: Cardiff

Tawny Owl at Forest Farm

Strigiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 April 2023.




[Strix aluco, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tawny owl]

The sound of the tawny owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Christoph Bock)

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

Selected Wrens, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Car Park, Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2022.



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



Place: Scalasaig, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2022.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 August 2022.



Place: Temple Church, Bristol
Date: 23 March 2023.




Place: Porthlysgi Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.




Place: Porth Clais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.




Place: Caerfai Bay, St. David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 April 2023.


Place: Coast path between Solva and Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 April 2023.


[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

The sound of the wren (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Bissett)

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

Selected Wrens, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Howmore, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.




Place: Banks of River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 March 2021.




Place: Hafod Estate, Ceredigion
Date: 30 March 2021.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 April 2021.



Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 April 2021.


Place: Longshaw Estate, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.



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


Place: Coastpath between Caerfai and St. Non’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 14 July 2021.



Place: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.


Place: Battery Park, Brixham, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.


Place: Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Date: 28 March 2022.


[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

The sound of the wren (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Bissett)

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

Selected Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2021.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2021.




Place: Lover’s Leap, Dovedale, Peak District, Staffordshire
Date: 25 May 2021.






Place: Malmsmead, Exmoor, Devon
Date: 20 July 2021.



Place: Ardtreck Point, Minginish, Isle of Skye
Date: 2 September 2021.


Place: Car park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.


Place: Lily Pools, Bosherston, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.



Place: Brockhampton, Herefordshire
Date: 13 October 2022.


[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Selected Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.




Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 20 June 2020.


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



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



Place: Nash Point, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 2 November 2020.





Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 November 2020.


Place: Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, County Sligo, Ireland
Date: 1 September 2022.


Place: Cashel Rock, Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Date: 13 September 2022.







Place: Llanberis Mountain Railway Station, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2023.


[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Cormorants with Filoplumes

Suliformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 April 2022.





Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 April 2022.




Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 April 2022.






Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 March 2023.




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

The sound of the 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).
Distribution and sightings of the cormorant across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the magpie across the British Isles

Snipe Back at Forest Farm

Charadriiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 December 2022.








Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 December 2022.














[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).
Distribution and sightings of the snipe across the British Isles

Great Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lower Town of Mystras, Laconia, Greece
Date: 4 September 2019.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 June 2020.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.



Place: Packwood House, Warwickshire
Date: 28 March 2022.



Place: Entrance to Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.


Place: RSPB Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 19 April 2023.



Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 20 April 2023.


[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

The sound of the great tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Whooper Swan in Cardiff Bay

Anseriformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 November 2022.









[Cygnus cygnus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Whooper swan]

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

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