Category Archives: Wales

Male and Female Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, 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).
Distribution and sightings of the kingfisher across the British Isles

Forest Farm Teal

Anseriformes

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










[Anas crecca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian teal]

The sound of the teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Welsh Redshanks

Charadriiformes

Place: Laugharne estuary, Carmarthenshire
Date: 23 September 2016.










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


Place: Heron’s Wing Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.



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






Place: Sir Peter Scott Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.


Place: Porthdinllaen, Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.




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




Place: Malltraeth Estuary, Anglesey
Date: 21 November 2018.


[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

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

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

Skokholm Rock Pipits

Passeriformes #3

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.




Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


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




[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian rock pipit]

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

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

Welsh Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Welsh Wildlife Centre, Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 31 March 2018.


Place: Newport Beach, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.


Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.







Place: Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.





Place: Cwm Ivy, Gower
Date: 9 August 2018.



[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Oystercatchers from Skomer and Skokholm

Charadriiformes

Place: North Haven, Skomer
Date: 11 May 2017.


Place: Moory Mere, Skomer
Date: 11 May 2017.




Place: Skomer near Tom’s House
Date: 11 May 2017.



Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.



Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


Place: Frank’s Point, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.



Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


Place: South Plateau, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.



[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

Canada Geese on Skokholm

Anseriformes

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



Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


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



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



[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

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

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

Sand Martin

Passeriformes #1

Place: St. Monan, Fife, Scotland
Date: 24 June 2018.







Place: Penarth Marina, Cardiff
Date: 21 July 2018.





[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

Cetti’s Warbler

Passeriformes #2

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



[Cettia cetti, Family Cettiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cetti’s warbler]

The sound of Cetti’s warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bernard Collet)

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

Forest Farm Buzzard on the Nest

Accipitriformes

Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 October 2018.





Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.





Place: Longwood Nature Reserve, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2019.


[Buteo buteo, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common buzzard]

The sound of the buzzard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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