Juvenile Robins

Passeriformes #2

Place: Museum of Welsh Life, Cardiff
Dates: 29 July 2016.

Place: Morwenstow, Cornwall
Dates: 30 August 2016.

Place: Campsite near Woolacombe, Devon
Dates: 1 September 2016.

Place: Boscastle, Cornwall
Dates: 29 August 2016.

[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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

Crows Stealing Wool

Passeriformes #1

Place: Beddgelert, Snowdonia
Dates: 3 April 2017.

[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).

Whitethroat

Passeriformes #1

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

Guarding the Coot Nest

Change of the guard for nest duty.

Gruiformes

Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Dates: 22 April 2017.

[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

The sound of the coot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

More Linnets

Passeriformes #3

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

Place: Dale near St. Anne’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2017.

Place: Kete near St. Anne’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2017.

Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.

Place: Newgale, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 20 April 2017.

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

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

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

More Choughs

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Nash Brook near Monknash, Vale of Glamorgan
Dates: 15 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).

Sandwich Tern

Charadriiformes

Place: Penmon, Anglesey
Date: 5 April 2017.

[Thalasseus sandvicensis, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sandwich tern]

The sound of the sandwich tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Pied Crow

Passeriformes #1

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

[Corvus albus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied crow]

The sound of the pied crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

More Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: path between Craig-y-Dinas and Swgd Yr Eira waterfall, Vale of Neath
Date: 9 April 2017.

[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

Place: Llyn Padarn, Llanberis, Snowdonia
Date: 6 April 2017.

Place: Dale near St. Anne’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 18 April 2017.

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).

Common Redpoll

Passeriformes #3

Place: Llyn Padarn, Llanberis, Snowdonia
Date: 6 April 2017.

[Acanthis flammea, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redpoll]

The sound of the common redpoll (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Krzysztof Deoniziak)

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