Juvenile Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Tolquhon Castle, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.

Place: Portsoy, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.

Place: Campsite near Woolacombe, Devon
Date: 1 September 2016.

Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Date: 21 June 2018.

Place: Porthlysgi, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

More Great Black-backed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Fortuneswell, Portland, Dorset
Date: 6 March 2020.

Place: Coast path south of St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.

[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).

Gagging Mallard

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 May 2020.

This mallard behaved in a very strange fashion (see video), as if it had something stuck in its throat and couldn’t dislodge it.

[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Pale-bellied Brent Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Chesil Beach Centre, Portland, Dorset
Date: 7 March 2020.

Place: Penrhos, Holy Island, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 26 December 2020.

[Branta bernicla, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brant (goose)]

The sound of the brent goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Local Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

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

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 21 May 2020.

[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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

Ravens from Wales

Passeriformes #1

Place: Mew Stone, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

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

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

Place: Caerfai Bay, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 July 2019.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.

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

Place: Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales
Date: 28 September 2020.

Place: Conwy Mountain, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.

[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Various Collared Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Date: 31 May 2017.

Place: Braga, northern Portugal
Date: 31 August 2018.

Place: Sesimbra, Setubal district, central Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

Place: Paravang, Blankenberge
Date: 21 January 2019.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 23 February 2019.

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

[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

The sound of the collared dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Hawaiian / Nene Goose

Anseriformes

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

[Branta sandvicensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Nene (bird)]

The sound of the Nene goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Phoenix Birder)

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

More Forest Farm Dippers, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.

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

[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

More Forest Farm Dippers, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Melingruffydd feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 March 2018.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 May 2020.

[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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