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).

Black Redstart

Passeriformes #2

Place: Pescasseroli, Abruzzo National Park, Italy
Date: 21 Septemer 2019.

Place: Santa Cruz de la Seros, Aragon, Spain
Date: 24 Septemer 2019.

[Phoenicurus ochruros, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black redstart]

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

Distribution of the black redstart across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Wheatear at Goldcliff Lagoons

Passeriformes #2

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.

[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).

?Tree Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Henson Woods, near Welsh St.Donats, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 14 September 2020.

[Anthus trivialis, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tree pipit]

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

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

Welsh House Martins

Passeriformes #1

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

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

Place: Walled Garden, Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.

[Delichon urbicum, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common house martin]

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

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

?Sparrowhawk Flying over Bardsey

Accipitriformes

Place: Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Accipiter nisus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian sparrowhawk]

The sound of the sparrowhawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sophie Neill)

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

Mute Swans and Cygnets

Anseriformes

Place: Bosherton Lakes, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.

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

Place: Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal near Pencelli, Brecon, Powys
Date: 29 August 2020.

[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

More Great White Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: Tower Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 4 August 2020.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 7 August 2020.

[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tony Fulford)

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

Young Razorbill

Charadriiformes

Place: Llaneilian Porth, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.

[Alca torda, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Razorbill]

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

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

Black-tailed Godwits

Charadriiformes

Place: Lytham Hall, Lytham, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

Place: Ribble Estuary, Lytham, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

Place: Meare Heath, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Low Newton-by-the Sea, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

[Limosa limosa, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-tailed godwit]

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

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