Selected Kestrels

Falconiformes

Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Date: 4 July 2016.

Place: Punta del Dichoso, Suances, Cantabria, northern Spain
Date: 19 September 2018.

Place: St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

Place: Shieldaig Falconry, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.

Place: Oxwich National Nature Reserve, Gower
Date: 22 July 2022.

Place: Lavenham, Suffolk
Date: 30 September 2022.

[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]

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

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

Selected Wheatears, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Northern Meadows, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Carn Llundain, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Llanrhidian Salt Marshes, Gower
Date: 9 August 2018.

Place: Southend, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: North-west corner of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

Place: Rhossili, Gower
Date: 16 July 2019.

Place: Coast path between Abereiddi and Porthgain
Date: 3 September 2020.

Place: Coast path near Moelfre, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.

Place: St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

The sound of the wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

House Sparrows Taking a Sand Bath

Passeriformes #3

Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Date: 16 May 2022.

[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Young Ravens

Passeriformes #1

Place: Stackpole Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.

Place: Oxwich Point, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.

[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Selected Mistle Thrushes, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Coast Path between Horton and Oxwich, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.

Place: Muckross House, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 8 September 2022.

Place: Llynn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Date: 22 October 2022.

Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 January 2023.

[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).

Selected Dunlins

Charadriiformes

Place: Chesil Beach Centre, Portland, Dorset
Date: 8 March 2020.

Place: Whiteford Beach, Gower
Date: 15 June 2021.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Omey Island, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 3 September 2022.

[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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

Goldfinches Taking a Bath

Passeriformes #3

Place: Southgate, Gower
Date: 16 May 2022.

[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).

Selected Turnstones

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Whiteford Sands, Gower
Date: 26 August 2020.

Place: Coastal path between Llanrhystud and Llan-non, Ceredigion
Date: 21 November 2020.

Place: Aberystwyth Promenade, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

Place: Sheringham, Norfolk
Date: 30 September 2021.

[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy turnstone]

The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)

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

Selected Stonechats

Passeriformes #2

Place: Coast path near Marloes, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 April 2018.

Place: Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 15 May 2018.

Place: Burges Island, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.

Place: Rest Bay, Porthcawl
Date: 25 July 2019.

Place: Ancient Messini, Greece
Date: 9 September 2019.

Place: Conwy Mountain, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.

Place: Nash Point, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 2 November 2020.

Place: Porth Neigwl, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 5 December 2020.

Place: Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common stonechat]

The sound of the stonechat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Selected Red Kites in Flight

Accipitriformes

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

Place: Basildon Park, Berkshire
Date: 5 March 2019.

Place: Pitton Cross, Gower
Date: 16 July 2019.

Place: Chieveley services, M4 motorway
Date: 10 October 2020.

Place: Strata Florida, Ceredigion
Date: 24 November 2020.

[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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