Category Archives: Wales

More Avocets at Goldcliff Lagoons

Charadriiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.









[Recurvirostra avosetta, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied avocet]

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

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

Young Whitethroat

Passeriformes #1

Place: Abermawr, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.






[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

Carrion Crow Eating Spider Crab

Passeriformes #1

Place: Abercastle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.




[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

The sound of the carrion crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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

More Shelducks

Anseriformes

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 30 April 2016.



Place: Morecambe, Lancashire
Date: 10 February 2017.





Place: Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Date: 4 April 2017.




Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


Place: The Bog, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.


Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.



Place: Malltraeth Estuary, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.


Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 10 November 2020.


[Tadorna tadorna, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common shelduck]

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

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

Forest Farm Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 January 2019.




Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 January 2019.



Place: River Taff near Radyr Station, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.



Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2019.



Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.


Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 November 2020.



Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.









[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]

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

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

Red-breasted Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Visitor Centre, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.



Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.


[Branta ruficollis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted goose]

The sound of the red-breasted goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Sander Bot)

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

Welsh Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Whitchurch Churchyard, Cardiff
Date: 2 October 2018.


Place: River Taff near Llandaff North, Cardiff
Date: 28 January 2019.



Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.




Place: Llaneilian Porth, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.



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



Place: Hafod Estate, Ceredigion
Date: 30 March 2021.


[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).
Distribution and sightings of the mistle thrush across the British Isles

Local Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Piciformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.






Place: Near Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 March 2021.


Place: Garth Hill, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Date: 20 April 2021.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the great spotted woodpecker across the British Isles

Ospreys in the Lake

Accipitriformes

Place: Llyn Clywedog reservoir, Powys
Date: 31 March 2021.









[Pandion haliaetus, Family Pandionidae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Osprey]

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

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

Grey Herons from Forest Farm, Part 2

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 March 2020.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.


Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 June 2020.



Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.


Place: River Taff Downstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2020.



Place: Southern Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2021.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 May 2021.





[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).

Distribution and sightings of the grey heron across the British Isles