Welsh Collared Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Dates: 14 September 2017.

Place: Sea wall near Goldcliff, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 2 April 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 4 November 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 5 September 2017.

[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

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

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

Canada Goose at Radyr Weir

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff at Rady Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 19 November 2017.

[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

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

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

Forest Farm Little Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 12 January 2018.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 25 January 2018.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

Treecreeper

Passeriformes #2

Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 14 January 2018.

[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Forest Farm Dipper

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lock at Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 30 December 2017.

[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

Blackbird

Passeriformes #2

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

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 30 April 2017.

Place: Ilam Park, Staffordshire
Dates: 6 December 2017.

[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

The sound of the blackbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Various Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lynmouth, Devon
Dates: 16 February 2013.

Place: Segesta, Sicily
Dates: 2 June 2016.

Place: Wadebridge, Cornwall
Dates: 28 August 2016.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 16 January 2017.

[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Water Rail

Gruiformes

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 26 October 2016.

[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).

Male Bullfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 5 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 30 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 August 2017.

[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).

Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Potato Wharf, Manchester
Dates: 5 February 2017.

Place: Footpath from Lynmouth to Watersmeet, Devon
Dates: 1 September 2016.

Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Dates: 7 November 2016.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 30 October 2017.

Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Dates: 19 October 2016.

[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

The sound of the grey wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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