Juvenile Moorhen

Gruiformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.

Place: Zaragoza, Spain
Date: 21 June 2016.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 2016.

[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).

Grey Wagtails from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.

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

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.

Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Station, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.

[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 modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Nuthatches from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 October 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.

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

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

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.

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

[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian nuthatch]

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

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

Various Coal Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 23 April 2019.

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

Place: Ancient Delphi, Phocis, Greece
Date: 28 August 2019.

[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]

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

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

Forest Farm Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

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

[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).

More Forest Farm Reed Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

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

[Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian reed warbler]

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

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

Forest Farm Buzzards

Accipitriformes

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 August 2018.

Place: Lower Meadows near Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Lower Meadows near Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 December 2018.

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve Ridge, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.

[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 buzzard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Local Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 16 January 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2018.

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 3 August 2018.

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Perched Grey Heron Preening

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 August 2017.

[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).

Welsh Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Parc Slip, Tondu
Date: 17 November 2018.

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

[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

The sound of the bullfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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