Category Archives: Wales

Reed Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2022.





Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 May 2022.





[Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian reed warbler]

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

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

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

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






[Bicanistes brevis, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Silvery-cheeked hornbill]

The sound of the silvery-cheeked hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Rolf A. de By)

African Fish Eagle

Accipitriformes

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







[Haliaeetus vocifer, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African fish eagle]

The sound of the African fish eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist James Bradley)

Tawny Frogmouth

Caprimulgiformes

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





[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)

Magellan Horned Owl

Strigiformes

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




[Bubo magellanicus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser horned owl]

The sound of the Magellan horned owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ignacio Escobar)

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl

Strigiformes

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





[Glaucidium brasilianum, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ferruginous pygmy owl]

The sound of the ferruginous pygmy owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Brayan Coral Jaramillo)

Southern Ground Hornbill in a Tree

Bucerotiformes

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






[Bucorvus leadbeateri, Family Bucorvidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern ground hornbill]

The sound of the southern ground hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Coraciiformes

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




[Dacelo leachii, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-winged kookaburra]

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

Selected Red Kites in Flight

Accipitriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 23 December 2018.





Place: Basildon Park, Berkshire
Date: 5 March 2019.






Place: Pitton Cross, Gower
Date: 16 July 2019.






Place: Chieveley services, M4 motorway
Date: 10 October 2020.





Place: Strata Florida, Ceredigion
Date: 24 November 2020.








[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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

Coal Tit

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Ynys-hir visitor centre, Ceredigion
Date: 22 November 2020.


Place: Benmore Botanical Garden, Argyll, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.



[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]

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

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