Category Archives: Cardiff

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).
Distribution and sightings of the grey heron across the British Isles

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

Various Shovelers

Anseriformes

Place: Sir Peter Scott Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.




Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.




Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 27 September 2019.



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







Place: West Viewing Platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.


[Spatula clypeata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern shoveler]

The sound of the shoveler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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

Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 April 2019.


Place: Nature trail from Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 April 2019.


Place: Rockcliffe, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.


Place: Tower Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.



Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2020.


Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2020.




[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Great Tits from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #1

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


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 January 2020.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 January 2020.


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



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



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



[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

Various Blackcaps

Passeriformes #1

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2019.




Place: Mist nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.



Place: Camping Goren am Bodensee, Kressbronn, Germany
Date: 17 August 2019.






[Sylvia atricapilla, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blackcap]

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

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

Dunnock Preening

Passeriformes #3

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 7 July 2019.








[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

Welsh House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Date: 3 May 2017.





Place: New Quay, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2018.




Place: Warden Centre bird hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.


[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Forest Farm Green Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 January 2020.






[Picus viridis, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: European green woodpecker]

The sound of the green woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

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