Forest Farm Moorhen with Chicks

Gruiformes

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 April 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 July 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Water Rail

Gruiformes

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 December 2017.

[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

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

Forest Farm Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2017.

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 April 2018.

[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Local Buzzards

Accipitriformes

Place: River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2018.

Place: Tongwynlais Football Club Playing Fields, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

[Buteo buteo, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common buzzard]

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

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

Juvenile Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Forest Farm near Radyr Weir, Cardiff
Date: 14 May 2018.

[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

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

Heron on the Ice

Pelecaniformes

Place: Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Local Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.

Place: Forest Farm near Melingruffydd Feeder, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.

[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

More River Taff Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2017.

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 January 2018.

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

[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).

More Forest Farm Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 December 2017.

[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Local Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2016.

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 February 2018.

[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).