Various House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: Figueras, Catalunya, Spain
Date: 20 June 2016.

Place: Kardamyli, West Man, Messenia, Greece
Date: 8 September 2019.

Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.

Place: Llanddona beach, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2020.

[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

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

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

Spotted Flycatchers from Greece

Passeriformes #2

Place: Camping Kalamitsi Beach, Preveza, Greece
Date: 26 August 2019.

Place: Ancient Delphi, Phocis, Greece
Date: 28 August 2019.

Place: Ancient Mycenae, Argolis, Greece
Date: 2 September 2019.

Place: Sparta Acropolis, Laconia, Greece
Date: 4 September 2019.

Place: Monemvasia, Laconia, Greece
Date: 6 September 2019.

Place: Teichos Dymaion, Achaea, Greece
Date: 15 September 2019.

[Muscicapa striata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted flycatcher]

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

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

Western Rock Nuthatch

Passeriformes #2

Place: Acrokorinth, Corinthia, Greece
Date: 30 August 2019.

Place: Larissa Castle, Argos, Argolis, Greece
Date: 1 September 2019.

Place: Ancient Mycenae, Argolis, Greece
Date: 2 September 2019.

Place: Mystras (lower part), Laconia, Greece
Date: 4 September 2019.

Place: Monemvasia, Laconia, Greece
Date: 6 September 2019.

[Sitta neumayer, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western rock nuthatch]

The sound of the Western rock nuthatch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

Kingfishers from Greece

Coraciiformes

Place: Gialova Lagoon Position #1, Messena, Greece
Date: 10 September 2019.

Place: Gialova Lagoon Position #2, Messena, Greece
Date: 10 September 2019.

[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Sardinian Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kardamyli, West Mani, Messenia, Greece
Date: 8 September 2019.

[Curruca melanocephala, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sardinian warbler]

The sound of the Sardinian warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ulf Elman)

Distribution of the Sardinian warbler across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Swifts in Flight

Apodiformes

Place: Alberobello, Italy
Date: 12 June 2016.

Place: Nafplio, Greece
Date: 31 August 2019.

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.

[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

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

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

Hooded Crows from Greece

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lake Pamvotis , Ioannina, Greece
Date: 22 August 2019.

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

Place: Gialova Lagoon, Messenia, Greece
Date: 10 September 2019.

Place: Voidokoilia Beach, Messenia, Greece
Date: 11 September 2019.

[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

The sound of the hooded crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frode Falkenberg)

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

Various Willow Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: South-eastern Slopes of Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Farm House, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Valhelhas, North-eastern Portugal
Date: 4 September 2018.

Place: Camping Kalamitsi Beach, Preveza, Greece
Date: 26 August 2019.

[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Various Coal Tits

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

Place: Ancient Delphi, Phocis, Greece
Date: 28 August 2019.

[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).

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Passeriformes #2

Place: Delphi, Phocis, Greece
Date: 27 August 2019.

Place: Delphi, Phocis, Greece
Date: 27 August 2019.

[Oenanthe melanoleuca, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eastern black-eared wheatear]

The sound of the Eastern black-eared wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)