Category Archives: Wales

Jackdaw

Passeriformes #1

Place: Aberglasney Gardens near Llandeilo, South Wales
Date: 28 February 2016.








[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Tufted Duck

Anseriformes

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




[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

The sound of the tufted duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Confused Juvenile Great Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: Three Cliffs Bay, Gower Pensinsula, South Wales
Date: 22 May 2011.


[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).

More Turnstones

Charadriiformes

Place: Mevagissey harbour, Cornwall
Date: 27 October 2012.




Place: Scarborough, Yorkshire
Date: 24 October 2010.


Place: Porthcawl, South Wales
Date: 2 January 2016.






[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Turnstone]

The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)

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

Common Stonechat

Passeriformes #2

Place: Ogmore-by-Sea, South Wales
Date: 9 March 2014.


[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African stonechat]

The sound of the common stonechat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Mute Swan

Anseriformes

Place: Wrest Park, Bedfordshire
Date: 26 October 2013.


Place: Tredegar House, Newport, South Wales
Date: 9 May 2015.


Place: Somerset Levels
Date: 10 March 2013.



Place: Salthouse, Norfolk
Date: 29 August 2015.


Place: Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex
Date: 27 October 2013.


[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).

Goosander

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 20 December 2015.






[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]

The sound of the goosander (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Red-breasted Merganser

Anseriformes

Place: Afon Mawddach near Dolgellau, North Wales
Date: 19 January 2014.



[Mergus serrator, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted merganser]

The sound of the red-breasted merganser (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Kestrel

Falconiformes

Place: Flamborough Head, Yorkshire
Date: 4 November 2015.



Place: Amroth beach, West Wales
Date: 20 October 2012.


Place: Ringstead Bay, Isle of Purbeck
Date: 11 October 2015.



[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]

The sound of the kestrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Curlew

Charadriiformes

Place: Titchwell Marshes, Norfolk
Date: 2 September 2015.


Place: Angle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 September 2013.


Place: Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 4 September 2015.


[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Curlew]

The sound of the curlew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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