Welsh Linnets

Passeriformes #3

Place: Path between Ty Pellaf and School, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

Place: Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

Place: South of Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.

Place: Pembrokeshire Coastal Path near Manorbier
Date: 21 July 2020.

Place: Pembrokeshire Coastal Path near Angle
Date: 22 July 2020.

[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

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

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

Bar-tailed Godwit

Charadriiformes

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

[Limosa lapponica, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Bar-tailed godwit]

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

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

Sharp-winged Teal

Anseriformes

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

[Anas flavirostris oxyotera, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellow-billed teal]

The sound of the sharp-winged teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Cristian Pinto)

Little Egrets from Anglesey

Pelecaniformes

Place: Cemlyn, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.

Place: Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.

Place: Penmon, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.

Place: Aberffraw, Anglesey
Date: 25 September 2020.

Place: Malltraeth, Anglesey
Date: 26 September 2020.

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

[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

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

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

Swifts in Flight

Apodiformes

Place: Alberobello, Italy
Date: 12 June 2016.

Place: Nafplio, Greece
Date: 31 August 2019.

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

[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

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

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

Forest Farm Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

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

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

[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

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

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

Mediterranean Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Sker Point near Porthcawl, South Wales
Date: 2 September 2017.

Place: Durgan beach, Helford River, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.

[Ichthyaetus melanocephalus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mediterranean gull]

The sound of the Mediterranean gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lars Krogh)

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

Forest Farm Water Rails

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 March 2020.

[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

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

Garden Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 May 2020.

[Sylvia borin, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Garden warbler]

The sound of the garden warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Various Willow Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: South-eastern Slopes of Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

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

Place: Valhelhas, North-eastern Portugal
Date: 4 September 2018.

Place: Camping Kalamitsi Beach, Preveza, Greece
Date: 26 August 2019.

[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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