Local Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Piciformes

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 6 October 2018.

Place: Hollybush Estate, Whitchurch, Cardiff
Date: 11 October 2018.

Place: Cogan Wood, Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
Date: 12 November 2018.

[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

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

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

Wood Pigeon Window Print

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 16 November 2018.

A wood pigeon must have crashed into our glass doors with such a force as to leave a marked imprint, which remained clearly visible for quite some time.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 December 2018.

[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Manx Shearwater

Procellariiformes

Place: The Narrows, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

[Puffinus puffinus, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Manx shearwater]

The sound of the Manx shearwater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Grant Sherman)

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

Argentine Shoveler

Anseriformes

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

[Spatula platalea, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red shoveler]

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

Welsh Black-headed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: River Taff upstream from Rady Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.

Place: River Taff upstream from Rady Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

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

[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

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

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

Willow Warblers from Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #2

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

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.

Place: Mist Nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.

Place: Capel Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.

[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Common Redpoll in Mistnets

Passeriformes #3

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

[Acanthis flammea, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redpoll]

The sound of the common redpoll (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Grzegorz Lorek)

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

Whimbrel

Charadriiformes

Place: Halligarth Woods, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Cabo Carvoeira, near Peniche, coast north of Lisbon
Date: 7 September 2018.

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

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Whimbrel]

The sound of the whimbrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Welsh Tufted Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: RSPB Newport Wetlands, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 April 2017.

Place: Museum of Welsh Life, Cardiff
Date: 28 April 2017.

Place: Parc Slip, near Bridgend, South Wales
Date: 12 August 2017.

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

[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

The sound of the tufted duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Preening Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2018.

[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

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