A Parliament of Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 22 September 2012.

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

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).

Robins, Robins, Everywhere

Passeriformes #2

Place: Porthcurno, Cornwall
Date: 21 February 2010.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 11 August 2012.

Place: Mediterranean biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.

[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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

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).

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).

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).