Selected Stonechats

Passeriformes #2

Place: Coast path near Marloes, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 April 2018.

Place: Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 15 May 2018.

Place: Burges Island, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.

Place: Rest Bay, Porthcawl
Date: 25 July 2019.

Place: Ancient Messini, Greece
Date: 9 September 2019.

Place: Conwy Mountain, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.

Place: Nash Point, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 2 November 2020.

Place: Porth Neigwl, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 5 December 2020.

Place: Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

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

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

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

Treecreepers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.

Place: Longshaw Estate, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 May 2022.

[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Cockatiel

Psittaciformes

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

[Nymphicus hollansicus, Family Cacatuidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cockatiel]

The sound of the cockatiel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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

Still More Deceased Manx Shearwaters

Procellariiformes

Place: Round House, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

Place: Middle Path, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

[Puffinus puffinus, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Manx shearwater]

The sound of the Manx shearwater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Grant Sherman)

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

Pygmy Falcon

Falconiformes

Place: Swansea Bay, South Wales
Date: 2 July 2022.

[Polihierax semitorquatus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pygmy falcon]

The sound of the pygmy falcon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

Water Rails

Gruiformes

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 November 2021.

[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

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

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

Siskins in Forest Farm

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 February 2022.

[Spinus spinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian siskin]

The sound of the siskin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Australian Boobook Owl

Strigiformes

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

[Ninox boobook, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Australian boobook]

The sound of the Australian boobook owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist James Lambert)

Boat-billed Heron

Pelecaniformes

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

[Cochlearius cochlearius, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Boat-billed heron]

The sound of the boat-billed heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Kent Livezey)

More Rooks

Passeriformes #1

Place: Caerfai Bay campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

Place: Portree, Isle of Skye
Date: 3 September 2021.

Place: Easton-on-the-Hill, Northamptonshire
Date: 30 October 2021.

Place: Bishop’s Palace, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Martyr Bay, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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