Selected Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Lymington, New Forest
Date: 1 May 2016.

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Date: 25 May 2016.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

Place: Williton, Somerset
Date: 19 July 2021.

Place: Oakham, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2021.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.

[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Cormorant Drying its Wings

Suliformes

Place: Leighton Moss, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.

Place: West viewing platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: River Taff near M4 Motorway, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2020.

Place: Eight-Arch Bridge, Bosherton Lakes, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.

Place: Gyllyngvase beach, Falmouth, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 November 2020.

Place: River Taff on Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: Cromer, Norfolk
Date: 26 September 2021.

Place: RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire
Date: 8 October 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.

[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

The sound of the cormorant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Mallard Clean and Polish

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2020.

Place: Stourhead, Wiltshire
Date: 17 November 2021.

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

[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

More Local Redwings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tongwynlais Football Fields, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 February 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2022.

[Turdus iliacus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Redwing]

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

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

Little Grebes on the River Taff

Podicipediformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 February 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 26 February 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2021.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 9 January 2022.

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 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).

Stock Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 July 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 July 2021.

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

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

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

More Jays from Forest Farm

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 December 2019.

Place: Southern Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 November 2020.

Place: Southern Meadows, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2021.

[Garrulus glandarius, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian jay]

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

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

Little Egret at Forest Farm

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2021.

[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

The sound of the little egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Selected Grey Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: River Tummel, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2018.

Place: Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.

[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 modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Various Nuthatches

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 23 April 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 September 2020.

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

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2020.

[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian nuthatch]

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

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