Blue Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Dates: 25 March 2016.

Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.

Place: St. Jeannet, Alpes-Maritimes , France
Dates: 22 May 2017.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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

Great Crested Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Dates: 5 January 2017.

Place: Llandegfedd reservoir, Monmouthshire
Dates: 27 April 2017.

Place: Hyde Park, London
Dates: 7 July 2017.

[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

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

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

Wood Pigeon Taking a Shower

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 13 September 2017.

[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).

Forest Farm Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 3 October 2016.

Place: Warden Centre, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 8 October 2016.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 October 2016.

Place: Warden Centre, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 26 October 2016.

Place: Warden Centre, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 4 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 7 October 2017.

[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).

Skomer Guillemots

Charadriiformes

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

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

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

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

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Andrew Carter)

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

Skomer Short-eared Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Rocky outcrop east of farm, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 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).

Skomer Meadow Pipits

Passeriformes #3

Place: Moory Mere, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.

[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]

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

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

Common Redshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Penarth Marina, Cardiff Bay
Dates: 5 January 2017.

Place: Arnside estuary, Cumbria
Dates: 8 February 2017.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Dates: 5 August 2017.

[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).

Female Stonechat

Passeriformes #2

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

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

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

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

[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African 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).

Forest Farm Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 8 October 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 October 2016.

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 26 October 2016.

[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian nuthatch]

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

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