Various House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: Figueras, Catalunya, Spain
Date: 20 June 2016.

Place: Kardamyli, West Man, Messenia, Greece
Date: 8 September 2019.

Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.

Place: Llanddona beach, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2020.

[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).

Wheatear at Goldcliff Lagoons

Passeriformes #2

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

[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).

?Tree Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Henson Woods, near Welsh St.Donats, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 14 September 2020.

[Anthus trivialis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tree pipit]

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

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

Welsh House Martins

Passeriformes #1

Place: Farm House, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

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

Place: Walled Garden, Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.

[Delichon urbicum, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common house martin]

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

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

?Sparrowhawk Flying over Bardsey

Accipitriformes

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Accipiter nisus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian sparrowhawk]

The sound of the sparrowhawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sophie Neill)

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

Mute Swans and Cygnets

Anseriformes

Place: Bosherton Lakes, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.

Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.

Place: Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal near Pencelli, Brecon, Powys
Date: 29 August 2020.

[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Young Razorbill

Charadriiformes

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

[Alca torda, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Razorbill]

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

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

Pintail

Anseriformes

Place: Heron’s Wing Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

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

[Anas acuta, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern pintail]

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

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

Fieldfares at Goldcliff Lagoons

Passeriformes #2

Place: Entrance to Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Date: 10 November 2020.

[Turdus pilaris, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Fieldfare]

The sound of the fieldfare (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Wrens from Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #2

Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: Plas Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

Place: Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.

[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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