Category Archives: Wales

Skokholm Willow Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.





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






Place: Farm Ringing Station, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.



[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Whimbrel

Charadriiformes

Place: North Plain, Skokholm
Date: 30 April 2018.








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




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








Place: North Plain, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.


[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Whimbrel]

The sound of the whimbrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Various Stonechats

Passeriformes #2

Place: Boscastle, Cornwall
Date: 26 August 2016.



Place: Tintagel, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.


Place: Port Isaac, Cornwall
Date: 30 August 2016.


Place: Birling Gap, East Sussex
Date: 22 March 2017.


Place: Ring of Brodgar, Orkney mainland
Date: 22 July 2017.


Place: RSPB Hobbister, Orkney mainland
Date: 24 July 2017.




Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Date: 14 September 2017.



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


Place: Mwnt, near Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 3 April 2018.


[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European stonechat]

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

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

Short-eared Owl in Flight

Strigiformes

Place: North Stream valley, Skomer
Date: 12 May 2017.











Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 8 November 2017.




[Asio flammeus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Short-eared owl]

The sound of the short-eared owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Lane)

Distribution and sightings of the short-eared owl across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the short-eared owl across the British Isles

Heron on the Ice

Pelecaniformes

Place: Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.




[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

Local Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2018.



Place: Forest Farm near Melingruffydd Feeder, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.




[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

More River Taff Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2017.









Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 January 2018.



Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.


Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.




Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.



Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.










[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]

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

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

More Forest Farm Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 December 2017.





[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Local Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2016.



Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 February 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

Carrion Crows

Passeriformes #1

Place: Dungeness RSPB, Kent
Date: 3 July 2016.


Place: Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.



Place: Morecambe Bay, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.



Place: St. Agnes Head, Cornwall
Date: 18 October 2017.



Place: Allotments, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 January 2018.



Place: Allotments, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.


[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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