Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Whiting Bay, Arran
Date: 10 June 2023.

Place: Coast Path North of Sannox, Arran
Date: 11 June 2023.

Place: Mount Stewart, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 June 2023.

[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

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

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

Selected Wrens, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Car Park, Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

Place: Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2022.

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

Place: Scalasaig, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 August 2022.

Place: Temple Church, Bristol
Date: 23 March 2023.

Place: Porthlysgi Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.

Place: Porth Clais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.

Place: Caerfai Bay, St. David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 April 2023.

Place: Coast path between Solva and Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 April 2023.

[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

The sound of the wren (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Bissett)

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

Selected Wrens, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Howmore, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.

Place: Banks of River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 March 2021.

Place: Hafod Estate, Ceredigion
Date: 30 March 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 April 2021.

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 April 2021.

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

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.

Place: Coastpath between Caerfai and St. Non’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 14 July 2021.

Place: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

Place: Battery Park, Brixham, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.

Place: Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Date: 28 March 2022.

[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

The sound of the wren (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Bissett)

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

Selected Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

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

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2021.

Place: Lover’s Leap, Dovedale, Peak District, Staffordshire
Date: 25 May 2021.

Place: Malmsmead, Exmoor, Devon
Date: 20 July 2021.

Place: Ardtreck Point, Minginish, Isle of Skye
Date: 2 September 2021.

Place: Car park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

Place: Lily Pools, Bosherston, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 May 2022.

Place: Brockhampton, Herefordshire
Date: 13 October 2022.

[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Selected Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2018.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 20 June 2020.

Place: Benllech cliffs, Anglesey
Date: 21 September 2020.

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

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

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

Place: Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, County Sligo, Ireland
Date: 1 September 2022.

Place: Cashel Rock, Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Date: 13 September 2022.

Place: Llanberis Mountain Railway Station, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2023.

[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

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

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

Sedge Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: RSPB Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 20 April 2023.

Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 April 2023.

Place: Second Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2023.

Place: Second Withy, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2023.

Place: Porthor, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2023.

[Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sedge warbler]

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

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

Selected Magpies

Passeriformes #1

Place: Scarborough, Yorkshire
Date: 1 November 2015.

Place: Brandon Hill near Cabot Tower, Bristol
Date: 10 April 2016.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 October 2022.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 22 January 2023.

Place: Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2023.

[Pica pica, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie]

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

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

Great Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lower Town of Mystras, Laconia, Greece
Date: 4 September 2019.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 June 2020.

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

Place: Packwood House, Warwickshire
Date: 28 March 2022.

Place: Entrance to Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.

Place: RSPB Visitor Centre, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 19 April 2023.

Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 20 April 2023.

[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

The sound of the great tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Selected Wheatears, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Levant Mine, Trewellard, Cornwall
Date: 20 April 2019.

Place: Tyrins, Greece
Date: 1 September 2019.

Place: Stiperstones National Nature Reserve, Shropshire
Date: 11 August 2020.

Place: Hadrian’s Wall near Sycamore Gap, Northumbria
Date: 12 June 2021.

Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

Place: Non’s Chapel, St.David, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 August 2022.

Place: Downpatrick Head, County Mayo, Ireland
Date: 1 September 2022.

Place: Coast path between St. Justinians and Porthlysgi Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 26 April 2023.

[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

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

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

Selected Wheatears, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Northern Meadows, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Carn Llundain, Ramsey Island
Date: 19 July 2018.

Place: Llanrhidian Salt Marshes, Gower
Date: 9 August 2018.

Place: Southend, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.

Place: North-west corner of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

Place: Rhossili, Gower
Date: 16 July 2019.

Place: Coast path between Abereiddi and Porthgain
Date: 3 September 2020.

Place: Coast path near Moelfre, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.

Place: St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

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

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