Pied Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Dates: 7 November 2016.

Place: Charmouth, Dorset
Dates: 21 July 2016.

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.

[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Little Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.

Place: Cardiff Bay
Dates: 5 January 2017.

[Tachybaptus rufficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

Female Bullfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 November 2016.

[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

The sound of the bullfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Fighting Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 February 2017.

[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Black-winged Kite

Accipitriformes

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

[Elanus caeruleus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged kite]

The sound of the black-winged kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 16 January 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 30 January 2017.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 12 February 2017.

[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

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

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 29 January 2017.

[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

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

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

Magpies Sheltering from the Rain

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 26 December 2014.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 1 August 2016.

[Pica pica, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie]

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

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

House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2016.

Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 13 August 2016.

Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dates: 19 April 2014.

[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).

Heronry

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm between Asda car park and Coryton railway cutting
Dates: 19 January 2017.

Place: Swell Wood RSPB nature reserve, Somerset
Dates: 25 May 2013.

[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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