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).

Moorhen on the Ice

Gruiformes

Place: Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Sand Martin Nests

Passeriformes #1

Place: Newgale, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.

[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

Young Peregrines in Flight

Falconiformes

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

[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

The sound of the peregrine (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Adrian Shenton)

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

Buzzard on/near the Nest

Accipitriformes

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 March 2021.

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 June 2021.

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 July 2021.

[Buteo buteo, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common buzzard]

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

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

Skokholm Puffins, Part 2

Charadriiformes

Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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

Skokholm Puffins, Part 1

Charadriiformes

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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

Turnstones on Bardsey Island

Charadriiformes

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

[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).

More Forest Farm Water Rails

Gruiformes

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

[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

Distribution and sightings of the water rail 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).