Category Archives: Wales

A Parliament of Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 22 September 2012.



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

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

Sleepy Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 September 2015.




[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

Robins, Robins, Everywhere

Passeriformes #2

Place: Porthcurno, Cornwall
Date: 21 February 2010.



Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 11 August 2012.


Place: Mediterranean biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.


[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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

Dunnock

Passeriformes #3

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




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

Tawny Frogmouth

Caprimulgiformes

Place: In front of National Museum, Cardiff
Date: 15 June 2013.



[Podargus strigoides, Family Podargidae, Order Caprimulgiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tawny frogmouth]

The sound of the tawny frogmouth (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jeremy Hegge)

Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the Roof

Charadriiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 22 August 2015.


[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles

Wood Pigeon Raiding the Strawberries

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 18 June 2011.


[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

Oystercatcher

Charadriiformes

Place: The Zwin near Knokke
Date: 4 May 2013.


Place: Marros Sands, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 October 2012.


[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

Heron on the Roof

Pelecaniformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 19 March 2011.



[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

Choughs

Passeriformes #1

Place: Rhossili, Gower Peninsula
Date: 14 July 2013.





[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae , Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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