Category Archives: Wales

Forest Farm Coal Tits

Passeriformes #1

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






[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]

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

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

Brahminy Kite

Accipitriformes

Place: Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly
Dates: 30 July 2016.




[Haliastur indus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brahminy kite]

The sound of the Brahminy kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Mascarenhas)

More Forest Farm Snipes

Charadriiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 October 2016.











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


[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Rock Pigeon

Columbiformes

Place: Laugharne Castle, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 23 September 2016.





[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock dove]

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

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

Skomer Choughs

Passeriformes #1

Place: Skomer between Pigstone Bay and Skomer Head
Dates: 11 May 2017.










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



Place: Paynes Ledge, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 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).
Distribution and sightings of the chough across the British Isles

Sunbathing Song Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Crumlin canal between Newport and Risca
Dates: 8 April 2017.




[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Kittiwake

Charadriiformes

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Dates: 11/12 May 2017.




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


Place: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dates: 16 July 2017.






[Rissa tridactyla, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-legged kittiwake]

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

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

Skomer Linnets

Passeriformes #3

Place: North Stream valley, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.




Place: Skomer between farm and North Haven
Dates: 11 May 2017.




[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

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

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

Sparrows Gorging on Berries

Passeriformes #3

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 27 August 2017.




Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 2 September 2017.


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









[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Local Green Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 24 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).