Category Archives: Wales

Female Garganey

Anseriformes

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



[Spatula querquedula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Garganey]

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

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

More Forest Farm Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.







Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 July 2018.



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








Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.



[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

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

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

Skokholm Choughs

Passeriformes #1

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









Place: Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.











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









[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Black-necked Swan

Anseriformes

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




[Sthenelides melancoryphus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-necked swan]

The sound of the black-necked swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Juvenile Kestrels

Falconiformes

Place: St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.











[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]

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

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

Skokholm Razorbills

Charadriiformes

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






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


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




Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.



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



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


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





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

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

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

Feral Pigeon Eating Mortar

Columbiformes

Place: Salamanca, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 27 August 2013.



Place: Bishop’s Palace, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 July 2018.




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

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

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

Barnacle Goose

Anseriformes

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







[Branta leucopsis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barnacle goose]

The sound of the barnacle goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Willem-Pier Vellinga)

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

Forest Farm Green Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.













[Picus viridis, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: European green woodpecker]

The sound of the green woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

More Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Trerice Manor near Newquay, Cornwall
Date: 18 October 2017.






Place: Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
Date: 22 March 2018.


Place: Basic Slag Company quarry, Nant Transhyrhebog, Cefn Onn, Cardiff
Date: 22 April 2018.



Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


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



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




Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2018.


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


Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2019.



[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

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

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