Local Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2018.

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 3 August 2018.

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 April 2019.

Place: Nature trail from Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 April 2019.

Place: Rockcliffe, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.

Place: Tower Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2020.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2020.

[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Dunnock Preening

Passeriformes #3

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 7 July 2019.

[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

Welsh Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 May 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Mist Nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: Mewslade Bay, Gower
Date: 17 July 2019.

[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

The sound of the goldfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

More Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bute Park, Cardiff
Date: 19 October 2016.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 February 2018.

Place: Largo das Caldas, Chaves, northern Portugal
Date: 30 August 2018.

Place: Hedge near allotments, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.

Place: Path near River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2018.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 December 2018.

Place: Silchester Roman City, Hampshire
Date: 5 March 2019.

[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

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

Local Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 September 2012.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 3 March 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2018.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 27 March 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 28 March 2019.

[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).

Local Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Piciformes

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 6 October 2018.

Place: Hollybush Estate, Whitchurch, Cardiff
Date: 11 October 2018.

Place: Cogan Wood, Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
Date: 12 November 2018.

[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).

Wood Pigeon Window Print

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 16 November 2018.

A wood pigeon must have crashed into our glass doors with such a force as to leave a marked imprint, which remained clearly visible for quite some time.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 December 2018.

[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).

Local Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

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

Place: Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 1 May 2017.

Place: Kenfig Nature Reserve, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 15 May 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 October 2018.

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

Place: Parc Slip Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 8 January 2019.

Place: Parc Slip Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Date: 19 March 2019.

Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2019.

[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

More Local Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 October 2016.

Place: Longwood Drive, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 12 December 2017.

Place: Coryton Roundabout, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 3 February 2018.

Place: Forest Farm near River Taff, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 5 April 2018.

[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).