Forest Farm Stock Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 October 2017.

Place: Meadow between Glamorganshire Canal and Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 March 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 April 2019.

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

[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).

Local Wrens

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 30 March 2018.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 August 2018.

[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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

Local Robins

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 13 October 2017.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

Place: Coryton Roundabout, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 October 2018.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 2 November 2019.

[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).

Treecreeper

Passeriformes #2

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 March 2019.

[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Little Egrets from Wales

Pelecaniformes

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

Place: Afon Dwyryd near Portmeirion, Gwynedd
Date: 20 November 2018.

Place: Lower Meadow (between Melingruffydd feeder and Glamorganshire Canal), Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.

[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

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

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

Local Redwings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.

Place: River Taff near Llandaff North
Date: 28 January 2019.

Place: Long Wood, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2019.

[Turdus iliacus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Redwing]

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

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

Forest Farm Snipes, Part 2

Charadriiformes

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

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.

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

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2019.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2019.

[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Forest Farm Snipes, Part 1

Charadriiformes

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 November 2017.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 November 2017.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 October 2018.

[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Local Mute Swans

Anseriformes

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
Date: 14 April 2018.

Place: Tredegar House, west of Newport
Date: 11 May 2018.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 21 July 2018.

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

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.

[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Welsh Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 May 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Mist Nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: Mewslade Bay, Gower
Date: 17 July 2019.

[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

The sound of the goldfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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