Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 25 December 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 29 December 2019.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 March 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 August 2020.

[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

The sound of the long-tailed tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Simon Elliott)

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

Lesser Black-backed Gulls from Forest Farm

Charadriiformes

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 January 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Little Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: The Vyne, near Basingstoke, Hampshire
Date: 5 March 2019.

Place: Winkworth Arboretum, Busbridge, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 28 September 2019.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 19 September 2020.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

More Forest Farm Stock Doves, Part 2

Columbiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 August 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2020.

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

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

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

More Forest Farm Stock Doves, Part 1

Columbiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 December 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 February 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 March 2020.

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

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

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

More Local Robins

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fforest Ganol, north of Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 11 June 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.

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

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2020.

[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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

Swifts in Flight

Apodiformes

Place: Alberobello, Italy
Date: 12 June 2016.

Place: Nafplio, Greece
Date: 31 August 2019.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.

[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

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

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

Forest Farm Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 March 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.

[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).

Forest Farm Water Rails

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 March 2020.

[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).

Garden Warbler

Passeriformes #1

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

[Sylvia borin, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Garden warbler]

The sound of the garden warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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