Local Blue Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 16 January 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2018.

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 3 August 2018.

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Perched Grey Heron Preening

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 August 2017.

[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Welsh Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Parc Slip, Tondu
Date: 17 November 2018.

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

[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

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

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

Bengal Eagle Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Royal Welsh Show, Builth Wells
Date: 23 July 2019.

[Bubo bengalensis, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Indian eagle-owl]

The sound of the Bengal eagle owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Various Shovelers

Anseriformes

Place: Sir Peter Scott Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 27 September 2019.

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

Place: West Viewing Platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

[Spatula clypeata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern shoveler]

The sound of the shoveler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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

Oystercatchers from Bardsey Island

Charadriiformes

Place: West coast, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Pond opposite Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

Place: East side of Southend, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.

Place: West side of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

Place: North-west corner of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.

[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

Female Smew

Anseriformes

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

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

[Mergellus albellus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Smew]

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

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

Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 April 2019.

Place: Nature trail from Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 April 2019.

Place: Rockcliffe, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.

Place: Tower Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2020.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2020.

[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Great Tits from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #1

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

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 January 2020.

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

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

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

[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

The sound of the great tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Red-crested Pochard

Anseriformes

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

[Netta rufina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-crested pochard]

The sound of the red-crested pochard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lars Buckx)

Distribution and sightings of the red-crested pochard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).