Category Archives: Wales

Common Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 February 2016.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 February 2016.



[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

The sound of the common 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

Guillemot

Charadriiformes

Place: Green Bridge, Castlemartin Pensinsula East Range, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 July 2016.










[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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

Carrion Crow

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 28 June 2016.






Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Date: 5 May 2016.



Place: Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire
Date: 18 April 2016.


[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Peafowl

Galliformes

Place: Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire
Date: 15 May 2015.


Place: Powis Castle, Powys
Date: 5 July 2009.



[Pavo cristatus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Indian peafowl]

The sound of the Indian peafowl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Gopinath Sricandane)

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

Barn Swallow

Passeriformes #1

Place: Chedworth Roman villa, Cotswolds
Date: 27 June 2015.


Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2010.



Place: Parque Natural de Ria Formosa, Algarve
Date: 15 June 2015.


[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]

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

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

Magpie Calling

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 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).
Distribution and sightings of magpie across the British Isles

Canada Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Newport Wetlands, South Wales
Date: 14 February 2016.





[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

The sound of the Canada goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Darrell-Lambert)

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

Red Kite

Accipitriformes

Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.






Place: Aberaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.


[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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

Starling Stretching Its Wings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Date: 28 March 2016.


[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Blue Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: Dinefwr Estate, South Wales
Date: 28 February 2016.



Place: Kenfig Nature Reserve, South Wales
Date: 1 June 2013.

[Cyanistes caeruleus, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blue tit]

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

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