Category Archives: Wales

Selected Dippers, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 September 2021.






Place: Miller’s Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 10 February 2022.






Place: Chee Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 10 February 2022.





Place: Glamorganshire Canal Extension, near Tongwynlais Picnic Area, Cardiff
Date: 4 November 2022.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal Extension, near Tongwynlais Picnic Area, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2023.






[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

The sound of the dipper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Snowy Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.




[Bubo scandiacus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Snowy owl]

The sound of the snowy owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Stronach)

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

Local Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2017.




Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2017.



Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 14 April 2017.


Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 15 April 2017.




Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 April 2017.



Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 18 March 2018.


Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.


Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.





Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 19 September 2020.



Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.


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

Whimbrels

Charadriiformes

Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.





Place: Salen, Mull, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2022.



[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian whimbrel]

The sound of the whimbrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Selected Little Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: The Loons RSPB, Orkney Mainland
Date: 21 July 2017.


Place: Lydiard Park near Swindon, Wiltshire
Date: 4 December 2017.


Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.



Place: Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.




Place: Roonivoolin Trail, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.






[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

More Fieldfares

Passeriformes #2

Place: Llynn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Date: 22 October 2022.














[Turdus pilaris, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Fieldfare]

The sound of the fieldfare (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

More Choughs from Pembrokeshire

Passeriformes #1

Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.



Place: St.Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 8 May 2022.


Place: Bull Hole, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.







Place: Coast Path South of Whitesands Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 13 August 2022.




Place: Penally Firing Range, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Date: 14 August 2022.















[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed 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

American Barn Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.




[Tyto furcata, Family Tytonidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: American barn owl]

The sound of the American barn owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist András Schmidt)

Selected Dunlins

Charadriiformes

Place: Chesil Beach Centre, Portland, Dorset
Date: 8 March 2020.





Place: Whiteford Beach, Gower
Date: 15 June 2021.












Place: Caerfai Bay, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.







Place: Omey Island, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 3 September 2022.













[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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

Selected Moorhens

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 April 2016.



Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 April 2019.



Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 May 2019.


Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 May 2019.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 July 2019.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2020.









Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.



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