Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Porth Clais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 June 2021.

Place: Seventy Acres, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

Place: Car park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

Place: Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

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

[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).

Welsh Oystercatchers

Charadriiformes

Place: Sea Wall near Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 April 2017.

Place: Porthmadog, Gwynedd
Date: 4 April 2017.

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

Place: Llandona beach, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.

Place: Gogarth, Llandudno, North Wales
Date: 1 October 2020.

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

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.

Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

Distribution and sightings of the oystercatcher 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).

More Ringed Plovers from Wales

Charadriiformes

Place: Porth Henllys, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.

Place: Aberffraw, Anglesey
Date: 25 September 2020.

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

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

[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

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

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

Dunlins and Sanderlings

Charadriiformes

Place: Troia Peninsula south of Setubal, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

[Green arrow = Dunlin; Red arrow = Sanderling]

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

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

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

[Calidris alba, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sanderling]

The sound of the sanderling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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

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

Ringed Plovers from Wales

Charadriiformes

Place: Broughton Bay, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.

Place: Porthdinllaen, Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.

Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

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

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

Welsh Kestrels

Falconiformes

Place: St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path Between Abereiddy and Porthgain
Date: 20 July 2018.

Place: Prissen’s Tor, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.

Place: Broughton Burrows, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.

Place: Whitson, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.

[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).

Greylag Geese from Wales

Anseriformes

Place: Oxwich Bay, Gower Peninsula
Date: 10 May 2018.

Place: Goodall’s Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.

Place: British Steel Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 30 November 2019.

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 February 2019.

[Anser anser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greylag goose]

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

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

Great Black-backed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 11 April 2018.

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.

Place: Saundersfoot harbour, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 April 2019.

Place: Stack Rocks near Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.

Place: Newlyn, Cornwall
Date: 21 April 2019.

Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.

Place: Kallin, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.

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

[Larus marinus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great black-backed gull]

The sound of the great black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Linnets from South Wales

Passeriformes #3

Place: Mwnt, near Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 3 April 2018.

Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 30 April 2018.

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

Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Abereiddy and Porthgain
Date: 20 July 2018.

Place: Hillend Burrows, Rhossili, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.

Place: Swanlake Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.

[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

The sound of the linnet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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