Place: Abraão, Ilha Grande, Brazil
Date: 29 April 2014.
[Amazilia fimbriata, Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glittering-throated emerald]
The sound of the glittering-throated emerald (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)
Place: Amarapura, Myanmar
Dates: 8 April 2013.
[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).
Place: Maun, Botswana
Dates: 1 September 2012.
Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 26 August 2012.
Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 31 August 2012.
[Turdoides jardineii, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Arrow-marked babbler]
The sound of the arrow-marked babbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)
Place: Newport Wetlands, South Wales
Dates: 3 November 2016.
[Mareca penelope, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wigeon]
The sound of the wigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)
Distribution and sightings of the wigeon across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 10/13 August 2016.
Place: Devil’s Dyke near Brighton
Dates: 15 September 2016.
Place: Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
Dates: 14 September 2016.
[Anthus pratensis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meadow pipit]
The sound of the meadow pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Eetu Paljakka)
Distribution and sightings of the meadow pipit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 28/29 August 2012.
[Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, Family Ciconiidae, Order Ciconiiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Saddle-billed stork]
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 3 October 2016.
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 8 October 2016.
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 9 October 2016.
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 26 October 2016.
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 4 November 2016.
[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]
The sound of the dunnock (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the dunnock across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 3 October, 8 October, 21 October, 29 October, 9 November, 11 November 2016.
Ever since part of the reeds have been cut back some time in late September 2016, kingfishers appear to have become quite common at the reed beds overlooked by both bird hides at Forest Farm. Below is a collection of pictures taken during the weeks that followed.
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[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).
Place: Segesta, Sicily
Date: 2 June 2016.
[Emberiza calandra, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Corn bunting]
The sound of the corn bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the corn bunting across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, South Wales
Date: 30 July 2016.
[Athene noctua, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little owl]
The sound of the little owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)
Distribution and sightings of the little owl across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 