Category Archives: Wales

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).
Distribution and sightings of the house sparrow across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the wheatear across the British Isles

?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).
Distribution and sightings of the tree pipit across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the house martin across the British Isles

?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).
Distribution and sightings of the sparrowhawk across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the mute swan across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the razorbill across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the pintail across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the fieldfare across the British Isles

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).
Distribution and sightings of the wren across the British Isles