Category Archives: Wales

Treecreeper

Passeriformes #2

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 March 2019.




[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Little Egrets from Wales

Pelecaniformes

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





Place: Afon Dwyryd near Portmeirion, Gwynedd
Date: 20 November 2018.



Place: Lower Meadow (between Melingruffydd feeder and Glamorganshire Canal), Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.





[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).

Swan Goose

Anseriformes

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





[Anser cygnoides, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Swan goose]

The sound of the swan goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jorge Leitão)

Local Redwings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.








Place: River Taff near Llandaff North
Date: 28 January 2019.



Place: Long Wood, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2019.




[Turdus iliacus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Redwing]

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

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

Forest Farm Snipes, Part 2

Charadriiformes

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






Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.



Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 February 2019.











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





Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2019.




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




[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Forest Farm Snipes, Part 1

Charadriiformes

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 November 2017.







Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 November 2017.



Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.
















Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 October 2018.








[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Local Mute Swans

Anseriformes

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
Date: 14 April 2018.


Place: Tredegar House, west of Newport
Date: 11 May 2018.



Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 21 July 2018.


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


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.






[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).

Linnets from South Wales

Passeriformes #3

Place: Mwnt, near Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 3 April 2018.








Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 30 April 2018.


Place: Northern Meadows, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.




Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Abereiddy and Porthgain
Date: 20 July 2018.




Place: Hillend Burrows, Rhossili, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.



Place: Swanlake Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 April 2019.





[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).

Welsh Fulmars

Procellariiformes

Place: Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 April 2017.







Place: The Neck, Skomer
Date: 11 May 2017.


Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 12 May 2017.



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



Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.



Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.




Place: Mid-west Coast of Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.


Place: St. Non’s, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.


[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)

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

Welsh Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

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






Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 May 2018.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.






Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.


Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.


Place: Mist Nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.




Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.




Place: Mewslade Bay, Gower
Date: 17 July 2019.


[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

The sound of the goldfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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