Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 25 December 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 29 December 2019.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 March 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 August 2020.

[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

The sound of the long-tailed tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Simon Elliott)

Distribution and sightings of the long-tailed tit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Lesser Black-backed Gulls from Forest Farm

Charadriiformes

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 20 February 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 January 2019.

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

[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Golden Plovers

Charadriiformes

Place: Sker Point near Porthcawl, South Wales
Date: 14 November 2018.

[Pluvialis apricaria, Family Pluvialidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European golden plover]

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

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

Little Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: The Vyne, near Basingstoke, Hampshire
Date: 5 March 2019.

Place: Winkworth Arboretum, Busbridge, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 28 September 2019.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 19 September 2020.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

More Forest Farm Stock Doves, Part 2

Columbiformes

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 August 2020.

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2020.

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

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

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

More Forest Farm Stock Doves, Part 1

Columbiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 December 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 February 2020.

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

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

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

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

More Local Robins

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fforest Ganol, north of Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 11 June 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2020.

[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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

Meadow Pipit at Goldcliff Lagoons

Passeriformes #3

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

[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]

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

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

Flossie the Glossy Ibis

Pelecaniformes

Generally referred to as “Flossie”, this glossy ibis has been a constant resident at Goldcliff Lagoons since January 2018. Just recently (November 2020) he/she has acquired a companion.

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.

[Plegadis falcinellus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glossy ibis]

The sound of the glossy ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Oscar Campbell)

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

Snipe at Goldcliff

Charadriiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 8 November 2017.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.

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

[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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