Category Archives: Places

Female Bullfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 November 2016.










[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).

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Psittaciformes

Place: Iguaçu Bird Park, Brazil
Dates: 23 April 2014.



[Ara ararauna, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-and-yellow macaw]

The sound of the blue-and-yellow macaw (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernando Igor de Godoy)

Distribution of the blue-and-yellow macaw across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Rook

Passeriformes #1

Place: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Dates: 30 January 2015.


Place: Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire
Dates: 4 March 2016.


Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Dates: 5 May 2016.




[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).

Fighting Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 February 2017.





[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).
Distribution and sightings of the mallard across the British Isles

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Passeriformes #2

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 25 August 2012.




[Buphagus africanus, Family Buphagidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellow-billed oxpecker]

The sound of the yellow-billed oxpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Spanish White Storks

Ciconiiformes

Place: Segovia, Spain
Dates: 15 August 2013.


Place: El Rocio, Andalucia
Dates: 13/14 June 2015.






Place: Logroño, Spain
Dates: 22 June 2016.






[Ciconia ciconia, Family Ciconiidae, Order Ciconiiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White stork]

The sound of the white stork (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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

Black-winged Kite

Accipitriformes

Place: Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly
Dates: 30 July 2016.



[Elanus caeruleus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged kite]

The sound of the black-winged kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

Diamond Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Dates: 16 August 2016.




[Geopelia cuneata, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Diamond dove]

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

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

Southern White-crowned Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 29 August 2012.


[Eurocephalus anguitimens, Family Laniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern white-crowned shrike]

The sound of the southern white-crowned shrike (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 16 January 2017.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 30 January 2017.



Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 12 February 2017.




[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

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