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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).