Welsh Greenfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Whitesands Bay, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2023.

Place: Powis Castle, near Welshpool, Powys
Date: 29 March 2023.

[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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

Young Ravens

Passeriformes #1

Place: Stackpole Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.

Place: Oxwich Point, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.

[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Northern White-faced Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Swansea Bay, South Wales
Date: 2 July 2022.

[Ptilopsis leucotis, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern white-faced owl]

The sound of the northern white-faced owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

African Grey Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Lophoceros nasutus, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: African grey hornbill]

The sound of the African grey hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Selected Redshanks

Charadriiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.

Place: Conwy Estuary, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 March 2022.

Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

[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).

Black Vulture

Cathartiformes

Place: Swansea Bay, South Wales
Date: 2 July 2022.

[Coragyps atratus, Family Cathartidae, Order Cathartiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black vulture]

The sound of the redshank (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Antonio Silveira)

Stock Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 April 2022.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 April 2022.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 December 2022.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 January 2023.

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

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

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

Selected Herring Gulls, Part 2

Charadriiformes

Place: Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland
Date: 24 August 2021.

Place: Llangrannog, Ceredigion
Date: 4 March 2022.

Place: Porthgain, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.

Place: Scalasaig, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2022.

Place: Tobermory, Mull, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2022.

Place: Rothesay Castle, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

Place: Slea Head, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 7 September 2022.

Place: Doneen Pier, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 7 September 2022.

[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Selected Herring Gulls, Part 1

Charadriiformes

Place: West coast, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: West Bay, Dorset
Date: 7 March 2020.

Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.

Place: Falmouth, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.

Place: Coast path near Moelfre, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.

Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.

Place: Campsite, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: Caerfai Bay campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Dabbling Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Derwent Reservoir, Peak District National Park
Date: 29 July 2020.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 September 2021.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 April 2022.

[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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