Category Archives: Cardiff

Heron on the Ice

Pelecaniformes

Place: Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.




[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Local Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.



Place: Forest Farm near Melingruffydd Feeder, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.




[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

More River Taff Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2017.









Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 January 2018.



Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.


Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.




Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.



Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.










[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]

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

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

More Forest Farm Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

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





[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Local Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2016.



Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 February 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

Carrion Crows

Passeriformes #1

Place: Dungeness RSPB, Kent
Date: 3 July 2016.


Place: Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.



Place: Morecambe Bay, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.



Place: St. Agnes Head, Cornwall
Date: 18 October 2017.



Place: Allotments, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 January 2018.



Place: Allotments, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.


[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).

Cormorant with White Filoplumes

Suliformes

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.


Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Cardiff
Date: 16 March 2018.





Place: River Thames near Tate Modern, London
Date: 21 March 2018.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the cormorant across the British Isles

Green Woodpecker Scoffing Ants

Piciformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 20 August 2017.

















[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).

Still More Forest Farm Kingfishers

Coraciiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 1 September 2017, 7 September 2017, 12 September 2017, 3 October 2017, 19 November 2017, 30 December 2017.

A continuation of Kingfisher Central and More Forest Farm Kingfishers.


1 September 2017

7 September 2017

12 September 2017

3 October 2017

19 November 2017

30 December 2017

Glamorganshire Canal

Bird Hide #1

Bird Hide #2

[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

More Forest Farm Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

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


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


Place: Melingruffydd feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2018.




Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 20 February 2018.




[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