Category Archives: Wales

Water Rail

Gruiformes

Place: Bird hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 December 2017.















[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

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

Peregrine Falcon

Falconiformes

Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Abereiddy and Porthgain
Date: 20 July 2018.











[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

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

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

Skokholm Shags

Suliformes

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



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


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




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



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



[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Alex Lees)

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

Forest Farm Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2017.



Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.






Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 April 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).
Distribution and sightings of the wood pigeon across the British Isles

Leucistic Blackbird

Passeriformes #2

Place: Blackpool Mill, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.



[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

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

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

More Deceased Manx Shearwaters

Procellariiformes

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


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


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


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


Place: Path from The Neck to the farm, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


[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).

Skokholm Guillemots

Charadriiformes

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



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



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






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



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



[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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

Local Buzzards

Accipitriformes

Place: River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2018.







Place: Tongwynlais Football Club Playing Fields, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.



[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).

Juvenile Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Forest Farm near Radyr Weir, Cardiff
Date: 14 May 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).
Distribution and sightings of the grey wagtail across the British Isles

Sand Martin

Passeriformes #1

Place: Roath Basin, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 13 May 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).