Category Archives: Wales

Black-necked Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 1 January 2019.










[Podiceps nigricollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-necked grebe]

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

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

Forest Farm Collared Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2018.



[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

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

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

Skokholm Wheatears

Passeriformes #2

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






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



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



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


[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

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

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

Curlew

Charadriiformes

Place: Budleigh Salterton, Devon
Date: 10 March 2018.





Place: Seaton Wetlands, Devon
Date: 14 March 2018.







Place: Dale Ponds, Pembrokeshire
Date: 17 July 2018.





[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian curlew]

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

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

Rookery

Passeriformes #1

Place: Durley, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.





Place: Ynys Dinas, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.



Place: Nevern, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.



[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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

Little Grebe in Summer Plumage

Podicipediformes

Place: River Test near Stockbridge, Hampshire
Date: 28 July 2018.




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








[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

Still More Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Ynis Dinas, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.


Place: Doune Castle, Stirling, Scotland
Date: 6 June 2018.






[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Whitethroats

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kenfig Nature Reserve, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 15 May 2018.



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



Place: Broughton Burrows, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.




Place: Whiteford Sands, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.


[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

Golden Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Sker Point near Porthcawl, South Wales
Date: 14 November 2018.














[Pluvialis apricaria, Family Pluvialidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European golden plover]

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

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