More Selected Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.

Place: Newborough, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.

Place: Lews Castle grounds, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

Place: Camping Silvercraigs, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.

Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.

Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Date: 14 May 2016.

Place: Castelo Sesimbra, Setubal district, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

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

Place: Innsbruck, Austria
Date: 18 August 2019.

Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path near Manorbier
Date: 21 July 2020.

Place: Coast path south of St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 16 July 2021.

Place: Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Date: 3 November 2021.

Place: Tarbert Castle, Argyll, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2022.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes Medieval Village, Penarth
Date: 10 October 2022.

[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock dove]

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

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

Selected Mute Swans, Part 2

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2021.

Place: Greylake RSPB, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 16 April 2022.

Place: Belleek, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Date: 31 August 2022.

Place: Kensington Gardens, London
Date: 26 October 2022.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2023.

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 2023.

Place: River Severn near Worcester, Worcestershire
Date: 30 March 2023.

[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2019.

Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal near Lock, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2020.

Place: Benllech beach, Anglesey
Date: 21 September 2020.

Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.

Place: River Ystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

Place: Ogmore-by-sea, Bridgend
Date: 30 May 2021.

Place: Barafundle Bay, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.

Place: Castle, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

[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).

Welsh Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Whitesands Bay, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2023.

Place: Powis Castle, near Welshpool, Powys
Date: 29 March 2023.

[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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

Stock Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 April 2022.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 April 2022.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 December 2022.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 January 2023.

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

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

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

Dabbling Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Derwent Reservoir, Peak District National Park
Date: 29 July 2020.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 September 2021.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 April 2022.

[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Selected Mistle Thrushes, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Coast Path between Horton and Oxwich, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.

Place: Muckross House, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 8 September 2022.

Place: Llynn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Date: 22 October 2022.

Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 January 2023.

[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).

Selected Mistle Thrushes, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lower Force, Upper Teesdale, North Pennines, County Durham
Date: 6 June 2021.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 November 2021.

Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 February 2022.

Place: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
Date: 27 March 2022.

[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).

Kingfisher Flitting from Pillar to Post

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2022.

[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).