More Jays from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 December 2019.

Place: Southern Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 November 2020.

Place: Southern Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2021.

[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).

Blackcaps

Passeriformes #1

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.

Place: Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 12 April 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 May 2021.

[Sylvia atricapilla, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blackcap]

The sound of the blackcap (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Little Egret at Forest Farm

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2021.

[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

The sound of the little egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Coot with Young

Gruiformes

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

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

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 July 2021.

[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

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

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

Selected Grey Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: River Tummel, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.

Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

[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 modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Various Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 23 April 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

Place: RSPB Ynys-hir visitor centre, Ceredigion
Date: 22 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2020.

[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).

Selected Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

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

Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.

Place: Hillend, Gower
Date: 31 May 2021.

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.

[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).

Moorhen on the Ice

Gruiformes

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

Buzzard on/near the Nest

Accipitriformes

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 March 2021.

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 June 2021.

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 July 2021.

[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 buzzard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

More Forest Farm Water Rails

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.

[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).