Cormorant with White Filoplumes

Suliformes

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Cardiff
Date: 16 March 2018.

Place: River Thames near Tate Modern, London
Date: 21 March 2018.

[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

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

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

Green Woodpecker Scoffing Ants

Piciformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 20 August 2017.

[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).

Still More Forest Farm Kingfishers

Coraciiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 1 September 2017, 7 September 2017, 12 September 2017, 3 October 2017, 19 November 2017, 30 December 2017.

A continuation of Kingfisher Central and More Forest Farm Kingfishers.

1 September 2017

7 September 2017

12 September 2017

3 October 2017

19 November 2017

30 December 2017

Glamorganshire Canal

Bird Hide #1

Bird Hide #2

[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

More Forest Farm Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 November 2017.

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

Place: Melingruffydd feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2018.

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 20 February 2018.

[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

A Flock of Choughs

Passeriformes #1

Place: Deer Park near Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.

[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).

Skomer Razorbills

Charadriiformes

Place: North Haven, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.

Place: Skomer near Garland Stone
Dates: 11 May 2017.

Place: The Neck, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.

Place: North Haven, Skomer
Dates: 13 May 2017.

[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).

Whitethroat

Passeriformes #1

Place: Marloes, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 11 May 2017.

[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).

Welsh Lapwings

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Dates: 2 April 2017.

[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

Welsh Collared Doves

Columbiformes

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

Place: Sea wall near Goldcliff, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 2 April 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 4 November 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 5 September 2017.

[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).

Turnstones

Charadriiformes

Place: Wiseman’s Bridge, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2016.

[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy turnstone]

The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Herman van der Meer)

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