Category Archives: Wales

Juvenile Moorhen

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 2016.






[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Mallards Dabbling the Weir

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir
Date: 15 October 2016.





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

Wood Pigeon Munching Kale

Columbiformes

Place: Singleton Park, Swansea
Date: 7 October 2016.






[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Grey Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 October 2016.







Place: River Taff near Radyr bridge
Date: 8 October 2016.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the grey heron across the British Isles

Snipe

Charadriiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 2016.










[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Coraciiformes

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



[Dacelo leachii, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-winged kookaburra]

The sound of the blue-winged kookaburra (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

Swans Foraging for Seaweed

Anseriformes

Place: Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 28 July 2016.






[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Juvenile Great Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 8 July 2016.








[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

The sound of the great tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Peregrine Falcon Chick

Falconiformes

Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Date: 25 July 2016.



[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

The sound of the peregrine falcon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Adrian Shenton)

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