Category Archives: Cardiff

Preening Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

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












[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 moidified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the grey wagtail across the British Isles

Male and Female Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, 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

Forest Farm Teal

Anseriformes

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










[Anas crecca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian teal]

The sound of the teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Welsh Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Welsh Wildlife Centre, Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 31 March 2018.


Place: Newport Beach, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.


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







Place: Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.





Place: Cwm Ivy, Gower
Date: 9 August 2018.



[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Sand Martin

Passeriformes #1

Place: St. Monan, Fife, Scotland
Date: 24 June 2018.







Place: Penarth Marina, Cardiff
Date: 21 July 2018.





[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

Cetti’s Warbler

Passeriformes #2

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



[Cettia cetti, Family Cettiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cetti’s warbler]

The sound of Cetti’s warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bernard Collet)

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

Forest Farm Buzzard on the Nest

Accipitriformes

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 October 2018.





Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.





Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 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 common buzzard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Sleepy Juvenile Red-necked Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 29 October 2018.












[Podiceps grisegena, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-necked grebe]

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

Distribution and sightings of the red-necked grebe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Local Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 14 April 2016.


Place: Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 1 May 2017.


Place: Kenfig Nature Reserve, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 15 May 2018.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 October 2018.




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



Place: Parc Slip Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 8 January 2019.


Place: Parc Slip Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 19 March 2019.



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

Carrion Crow Taking a Bath

Passeriformes #1

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






Place: Broadhaven, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 10 April 2019.





[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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