Forest Farm Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 January 2019.

Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 January 2019.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Station, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.

Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2019.

Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.

Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 November 2020.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

[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).

Welsh Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Whitchurch Churchyard, Cardiff
Date: 2 October 2018.

Place: River Taff near Llandaff North, Cardiff
Date: 28 January 2019.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.

Place: Llaneilian Porth, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.

Place: Porthor, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 6 December 2020.

Place: Hafod Estate, Ceredigion
Date: 30 March 2021.

[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).

Local Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Piciformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: Near Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 March 2021.

Place: Garth Hill, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Date: 20 April 2021.

[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

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

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

Grey Herons from Forest Farm, Part 2

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 March 2020.

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

Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 June 2020.

Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: River Taff Downstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2020.

Place: Southern Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 May 2021.

[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).

Grey Herons from Forest Farm, Part 1

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 April 2014.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 August 2017.

Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 February 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 February 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2019.

[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).

Cormorant with Filoplumes

Suliformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 February 2021.

[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).

Courting Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 18 March 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 20 March 2019.

[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).

Diseased Great Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 June 2020.

[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

The sound of the great tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Still More Forest Farm Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 June 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 October 2020.

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2021.

[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).

Local Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 15 June 2020.

Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Station, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 November 2020.

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

[Pica pica, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie]

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

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