More Forest Farm Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 October 2017.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 November 2017.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.

[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian nuthatch]

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

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

More Forest Farm Jays

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 October 2017.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 December 2017.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2018.

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

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

[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).

Forest Farm Moorhen with Chicks

Gruiformes

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 April 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 July 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

[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).

Redwing

Passeriformes #2

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 19 January 2018.

Place: Tongwynlais Football Club Playing Fields, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

Place: Path between Sidford and Sidmouth, Devon
Date: 13 March 2018.

[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).

Local Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 28 January 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 30 January 2017.

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 5 January 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 12 July 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 July 2018.

[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).

Water Rail

Gruiformes

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 December 2017.

[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

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

Forest Farm Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2017.

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 April 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).

Local Buzzards

Accipitriformes

Place: River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2018.

Place: Tongwynlais Football Club Playing Fields, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

[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).

Juvenile Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Forest Farm near Radyr Weir, Cardiff
Date: 14 May 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).

Sand Martin

Passeriformes #1

Place: Roath Basin, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 13 May 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).