Category Archives: Wales

Selected Mistle Thrushes, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Coast Path between Horton and Oxwich, Gower
Date: 17 May 2022.



Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.


Place: Muckross House, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 8 September 2022.





Place: Llynn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Date: 22 October 2022.








Place: Lower Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 January 2023.


[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

Selected Mistle Thrushes, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lower Force, Upper Teesdale, North Pennines, County Durham
Date: 6 June 2021.


Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 November 2021.




Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 February 2022.






Place: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
Date: 27 March 2022.





[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

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

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

Skylarks

Passeriformes #1

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.



Place: Holy Island, Northumbria
Date: 10 June 2021.


Place: Red Point, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 8 September 2021.



Place: White Strand, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.



[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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

Asian Brown Wood Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.



[Strix leptogrammica, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brown wood owl]

The sound of the Asian brown wood owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Farrell)

Von der Decken’s Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.







[Tockus deckeni, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Von der Decken’s hornbill]

The sound of Von der Decken’s hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Kingfisher Flitting from Pillar to Post

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2022.





























[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).
Distribution and sightings of the kingfisher across the British Isles

Selected Little Egrets, Part 2

Pelecaniformes

Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.




Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.




Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.


Place: Llanfairfechan beach, North Wales
Date: 30 September 2020.



Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.


Place: Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.


Place: Orford Quay, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.





Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.


Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2023.




[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

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

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

More Blackcaps

Passeriformes #1

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2021.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 April 2021.


Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 April 2021.


Place: Tongwynlais Picnic Site, Tongwynlais
Date: 11 April 2022.





Place: Lily Pools, Bosherston, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.





Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 June 2022.


[Sylvia atricapilla, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blackcap]

The sound of the blackcap (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Selected Linnets, Part 2

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bec’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.




Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.




Place: St. David’s Head, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.


Place: Coast Path between Porthgain and Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.




Place: Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 8 May 2022.




[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).
Distribution and sightings of the linnet across the British Isles

Selected Linnets, Part 1

Passeriformes #3

Place: Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
Date: 14 September 2016.


Place: Montrose Basin Wildlife Trust, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.





Place: RSPB Marazion Marsh, Cornwall
Date: 21 April 2019.




Place: Ogmore-by-sea, Bridgend
Date: 30 May 2021.





Place: Porthgain, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.



Place: Deer Park, Martin’s Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.


[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).
Distribution and sightings of the linnet across the British Isles