Category Archives: Wales

Ruddy-headed Goose

Anseriformes

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



[Chloephaga rubidiceps, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy-headed goose]

The sound of the ruddy-headed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

Various Blackcaps

Passeriformes #1

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2019.




Place: Mist nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.



Place: Camping Goren am Bodensee, Kressbronn, Germany
Date: 17 August 2019.






[Sylvia atricapilla, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blackcap]

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

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

Dunnock Preening

Passeriformes #3

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 7 July 2019.








[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

Welsh House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Date: 3 May 2017.





Place: New Quay, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2018.




Place: Warden Centre bird hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.


[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 house sparrow across the British Isles

Choughs on Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #1

Place: West coast, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.


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


Place: Lighthouse, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.





Place: East side of Southend, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.





[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Skokholm Carrion Crows

Passeriformes #1

Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.



Place: North Gully, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


Place: Path from farm to Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.








[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Forest Farm Green Woodpecker

Piciformes

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






[Picus viridis, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: European green woodpecker]

The sound of the green woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Great Cormorants from Wales

Suliformes

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 November 2017.


Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 November 2017.


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


Place: The Bitches off Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.



Place: River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 January 2019.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 February 2019.






Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2019.


Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.





[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

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

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

Dunlins on Bardsey Island

Charadriiformes

Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.







Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.




Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.














[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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

Great Crested Grebe Nest and Egg

Podicipediformes

Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2019.







[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

The sound of the great crested grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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