Category Archives: Cardiff

Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the Roof

Charadriiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 22 August 2015.


[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles

Wood Pigeon Raiding the Strawberries

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 18 June 2011.


[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).
Distribution and sightings of the wood pigeon across the British Isles

Heron on the Roof

Pelecaniformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 19 March 2011.



[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

Common Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent
Date: 21 February 2015.


Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 March 2015.



[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

The sound of the common 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