Category Archives: Wales

Skomer Ravens

Passeriformes #1

Place: South Plateau, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.


Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.



[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).

Canada Goose at Radyr Weir

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff at Rady Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 19 November 2017.








[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

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

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

Various Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Cleeve Abbey, Somerset
Dates: 10 October 2014.


Place: Clovelly, Devon
Dates: 17 February 2013.



Place: Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Dates: 6 September 2015.


Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Dates: 2 July 2016.


Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.


Place: Uppark House, West Sussex
Dates: 7 April 2017.


[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

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

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

Forest Farm Little Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 12 January 2018.





Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 25 January 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).

Welsh Wheatears

Passeriformes #2

Place: Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 10 May 2017.



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





Place: Sker Point near Porthcawl
Dates: 2 September 2017.


[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

Treecreeper

Passeriformes #2

Place: River Taff downstream from Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 14 January 2018.


[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

White-backed Vulture

Accipitriformes

Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 25 July 2016.




[Gyps africanus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-backed vulture]

The sound of the white-backed vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

Pochard

Anseriformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Dates: 9 July 2017.



Place: Newport Wetlands, near Newport
Dates: 2 April 2017.


[Aythya ferina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pochard]

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

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

Chiffchaff

Passeriformes #2

Place: Monk Haven, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 10 May 2017.


[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).

Forest Farm Dipper

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lock at Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 30 December 2017.




[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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