Category Archives: Wales

Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 24 April 2015.


Place: Bosherston lakes, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 September 2013.



[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

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

Distribution and sightings of the grey wagtail across the British Isles (borrowed and moidified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the grey wagtail across the British Isles

Herring Gull Taking a Bath

Charadriiformes

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



[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Common Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent
Date: 21 February 2015.


Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 March 2015.



[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

Swallow Feeding Its Young

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird hide in Oxwich Bay Nature Reserve, Gower
Date: 15 August 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