House Martin Young and Nests

Passeriformes #1

Place: Priego de Cordoba, Andalucia
Date: 10 June 2015.

Place: Ogmore-by-Sea, South Wales
Date: 20 May 2018.

Place: Kellie Castle, Fife, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2018.

Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.

[Delichon urbicum, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common house martin]

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

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

Skokholm Herring Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Welsh Barn Swallows

Passeriformes #1

Place: Dale near St. Anne’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 18 April 2017.

Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 May 2017.

Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 13 May 2017.

Place: Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.

Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Date: 17 July 2018.

Place: Ty Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

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

Place: Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 25 May 2019.

[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]

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

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

Various Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Ponte de Lima, northern Portugal
Date: 27 August 2018.

Place: Barragem M. Carmona, eastern central Portugal
Date: 5 September 2018.

Place: Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 26 March 2019.

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

Place: Sandy Hills Bay, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.

[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).

Forest Farm Kingfishers 2019, Part 2

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 October 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 November 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2019.

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 December 2019.

[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Forest Farm Kingfishers 2019, Part 1

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.

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

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 January 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 February 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 February 2019.

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

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2019.

[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Greylag Geese from Wales

Anseriformes

Place: Oxwich Bay, Gower Peninsula
Date: 10 May 2018.

Place: Goodall’s Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.

Place: British Steel Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 30 November 2019.

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 February 2019.

[Anser anser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greylag goose]

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

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

Great Northern Diver

Gaviiformes

Place: Mywndy Fishing Pool, Llantrisant
Date: 5 January 2020.

[Gavia immer, Family Gaviidae, Order Gaviiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common loon]

The sound of the great northern diver (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

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

Lesser Black-backed Gulls on Skokholm and Skomer

Charadriiformes

Place: Orchid Bog, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

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

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

Place: Wick Valley, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.

[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).

Curious Mallard

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 April 2017.

[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).