Category Archives: Wales

More Selected Song Thrushes

Passeriformes #2

Place: Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.


Place: Newborough, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.




Place: Lews Castle grounds, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.



Place: Camping Silvercraigs, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.



Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.



Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 February 2022.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.



[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Young Band-bellied Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Swansea Bay, Swansea, South Wales
Date: 2 July 2022.



[Pulsatrix melanota, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Band-bellied owl]

The sound of the band-bellied owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Elvis Felipe Quintero)

Razorbill

Charadriiformes

Place: River Tay, Dundee, Scotland
Date: 13 September 2021.





Place: Llangrannog, Ceredigion
Date: 4 March 2022.



Place: Stackpole Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.





Place: Landing North Haven, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.




[Alca torda, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Razorbill]

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Lapwings

Charadriiformes

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






Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.


Place: RSPB Loch Na Muilne, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.


Place: Dinas Dinlle, near Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Date: 8 December 2020.





Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.








Place: RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire
Date: 8 October 2021.


Place: Greylake RSPB, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.


Place: RSPB Gruinart, Islay, Scotland
Date: 9 June 2022.



[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Date: 14 May 2016.



Place: Castelo Sesimbra, Setubal district, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.


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



Place: Innsbruck, Austria
Date: 18 August 2019.


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


Place: Coast path south of St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 16 July 2021.



Place: Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Date: 3 November 2021.



Place: Tarbert Castle, Argyll, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2022.



Place: Cosmeston Lakes Medieval Village, Penarth
Date: 10 October 2022.



[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock dove]

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

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

Selected Mute Swans, Part 2

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 25 December 2021.



Place: Greylake RSPB, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.


Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 16 April 2022.


Place: Belleek, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Date: 31 August 2022.



Place: Kensington Gardens, London
Date: 26 October 2022.



Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2023.


Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 2023.



Place: River Severn near Worcester, Worcestershire
Date: 30 March 2023.



[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Selected Mute Swans, Part 1

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 December 2018.



Place: Queen Elizabeth Gardens, Salisbury
Date: 24 December 2018.



Place: Avalon hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.


Place: RSPB Ynys-hir Marian Mawr hide, Ceredigion
Date: 22 November 2020.



Place: Cannop Lakes, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
Date: 25 April 2021.



Place: Sizergh Castle Castle near Kendall, Cumbria
Date: 5 June 2021.






[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

House Sparrows Taking a Sand Bath

Passeriformes #3

Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Date: 16 May 2022.









[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 the house sparrow across the British Isles

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 2

Passeriformes #1

Place: Field Edge East of Marisco Tavern, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.



Place: The Chase, Woolton Hill, Hampshire
Date: 5 October 2021.


Place: Sharkham Point, Brixham, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.


Place: Kingswear, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.


Place: Elbert Common, Torbay, Devon
Date: 27 January 2022.


Place: Car Park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.



Place: Coast Path between Porthgain and Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.





Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.


Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.



Place: Coast Path West of Solva, Pembrokeshire
Date: 12 August 2022.



Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 November 2022.


[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

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2019.



Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal near Lock, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2020.


Place: Benllech beach, Anglesey
Date: 21 September 2020.




Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.


Place: River Ystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.




Place: Ogmore-by-sea, Bridgend
Date: 30 May 2021.


Place: Barafundle Bay, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.



Place: Castle, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.




[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