Still More Forest Farm Jays

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 November 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 December 2018.

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

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

Place: Meadow Near Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2019.

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

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

[Garrulus glandarius, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian jay]

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

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

Goldcrest

Passeriformes #2

Place: Plas Newydd, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.

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

[Regulus regulus, Family Regulidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Goldcrest]

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

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

More Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bute Park, Cardiff
Date: 19 October 2016.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 February 2018.

Place: Largo das Caldas, Chaves, northern Portugal
Date: 30 August 2018.

Place: Hedge near allotments, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.

Place: Path near River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2018.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 December 2018.

Place: Silchester Roman City, Hampshire
Date: 5 March 2019.

[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 Patrik Åberg)

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

Peregrine on the Clock Tower

Falconiformes

Place: Cardiff City Hall Clock Tower, Cardiff
Date: 23 March 2019.

[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

The sound of the peregrine falcon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Moorhen Eating a Newt

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 March 2019.

[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).

Local Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 September 2012.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 3 March 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2018.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 27 March 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 28 March 2019.

[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).

Local Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Piciformes

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 6 October 2018.

Place: Hollybush Estate, Whitchurch, Cardiff
Date: 11 October 2018.

Place: Cogan Wood, Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
Date: 12 November 2018.

[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

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

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

Wood Pigeon Window Print

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 16 November 2018.

A wood pigeon must have crashed into our glass doors with such a force as to leave a marked imprint, which remained clearly visible for quite some time.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 December 2018.

[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Welsh Black-headed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: River Taff upstream from Rady Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.

Place: River Taff upstream from Rady Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

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

[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

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

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

Welsh Tufted Ducks

Anseriformes

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

Place: Museum of Welsh Life, Cardiff
Date: 28 April 2017.

Place: Parc Slip, near Bridgend, South Wales
Date: 12 August 2017.

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

[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

The sound of the tufted duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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