Category Archives: Cardiff

Great Crested Grebe Nest and Egg

Podicipediformes

Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2019.







[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

The sound of the great crested grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Juvenile Goosanders in Cardiff Bay

Anseriformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 20 October 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).
Distribution and sightings of the goosander across the British Isles

Forest Farm Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 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: 8 February 2020.






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


[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).
Distribution and sightings of the reed bunting across the British Isles

Welsh Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Manorbier YHA near Skrinkle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 April 2019.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 April 2019.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 May 2019.


Place: North-western fields, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.



Place: Meadows between Ty Pellaf and school, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 December 2019.





[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

Various Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Ponte de Lima, northern Portugal
Date: 27 August 2018.



Place: Barragem M. Carmona, eastern central Portugal
Date: 5 September 2018.



Place: Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 26 March 2019.




Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2019.


Place: Sandy Hills Bay, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.


[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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

Forest Farm Kingfishers 2019, Part 2

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2019.



















Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 October 2019.





Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 November 2019.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2019.


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











Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 December 2019.


[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

The sound of the kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Forest Farm Kingfishers 2019, Part 1

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.



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


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 January 2019.








Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 February 2019.




Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 February 2019.





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



Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2019.







[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

The sound of the kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Greylag Geese from Wales

Anseriformes

Place: Oxwich Bay, Gower Peninsula
Date: 10 May 2018.



Place: Goodall’s Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.


Place: British Steel Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.




Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.



Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 30 November 2019.




Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 February 2019.




[Anser anser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greylag goose]

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

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

Curious Mallard

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 April 2017.






[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

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

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

Little Grebes from Wales

Podicipediformes

Place: Newport Wetlands, east of Newport
Date: 2 April 2017.


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










Place: Parc Slip Nature Reserve, north of Bridgend
Date: 6 April 2019.





[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).
Distribution and sightings of the little grebe across the British Isles