Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.
[Tringa nebularia, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common greenshank]
The sound of the greenshank (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the greenshank across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 29 October 2016.
[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]
The sound of the moorhen (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Krzysztof Deoniziak)
Distribution and sightings of the moorhen across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2016.
[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]
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).
Place: Newport Wetlands, South Wales
Dates: 3 November 2016.
[Mareca penelope, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wigeon]
The sound of the wigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)
Distribution and sightings of the wigeon across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 3 October 2016.
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 8 October 2016.
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 9 October 2016.
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 26 October 2016.
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 4 November 2016.
[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]
The sound of the dunnock (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the dunnock across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 3 October, 8 October, 21 October, 29 October, 9 November, 11 November 2016.
Ever since part of the reeds have been cut back some time in late September 2016, kingfishers appear to have become quite common at the reed beds overlooked by both bird hides at Forest Farm. Below is a collection of pictures taken during the weeks that followed.
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[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).
Place: Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, South Wales
Date: 30 July 2016.
[Athene noctua, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little owl]
The sound of the little owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)
Distribution and sightings of the little owl across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Newport Wetlands, South Wales
Date: 3 November 2016.
Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 12 November 2016.
[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).
Place: Path between Lynmouth to Watersmeet
Date: 1 September 2016.
Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Date: 19 October 2016.
Place: River Taff near Llandaff, Cardiff
Date: 5 November 2016.
[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]
The sound of the dipper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)
Distribution and sightings of the dipper across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 October 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).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 