Forest Farm Reed Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 1 June 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 1 June 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 13 July 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 5 August 2018.

[Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian reed warbler]

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

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

Cormorants in the Trees

Suliformes

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

Place: Canal Bruges-Ghent near Moerbrugge
Date: 16 January 2019.

[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

The sound of the 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).

More Forest Farm Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 July 2018.

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

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

[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).

Forest Farm Green Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

[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).

More Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Trerice Manor near Newquay, Cornwall
Date: 18 October 2017.

Place: Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
Date: 22 March 2018.

Place: Basic Slag Company quarry, Nant Transhyrhebog, Cefn Onn, Cardiff
Date: 22 April 2018.

Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

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

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

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

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.

[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

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

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

Coot

Gruiformes

Place: Newport Wetlands, South Wales
Date: 14 February 2016.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 30 April 2016.

Place: Lagoas de Santo André e Sancha, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.

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

[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

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

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

Forest Farm Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 October 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2017.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Forest Farm Herring Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Field between Glamorganshire Canal and Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 November 2018.

[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Forest Farm Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 August 2018.

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

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.

[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).

Black-necked Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 1 January 2019.

[Podiceps nigricollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-necked grebe]

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

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