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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).