Category Archives: Passeriformes

Various Blackcaps

Passeriformes #1

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2019.




Place: Mist nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.



Place: Camping Goren am Bodensee, Kressbronn, Germany
Date: 17 August 2019.






[Sylvia atricapilla, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blackcap]

The sound of the blackcap (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Dunnock Preening

Passeriformes #3

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 7 July 2019.








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

Welsh House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Date: 3 May 2017.





Place: New Quay, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2018.




Place: Warden Centre bird hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.


[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).
Distribution and sightings of house sparrow across the British Isles

Blue Rock Thrush from Greece

Passeriformes #2

Place: Nicolau Monastery, Meteora, Greece
Date: 24 August 2019.



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




[Monticola solitarius, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue rock thrush]

The sound of the blue rock thrush (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Pere Josa)

Wheatears from Scotland

Passeriformes #2

Place: Brough of Birsay, Orkney mainland
Date: 22 July 2017.



Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Date: 23 July 2017.



Place: Durness, Sutherland, Highlands
Date: 25 July 2017.



Place: Jarlshof, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.




Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.


Place: Eshaness Lighthouse, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.



Place: Doune Carloway Broch, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.


Place: St. Columba Church, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 7 June 2019.



Place: Village, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.


Place: Mull of Galloway, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.





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

Choughs on Bardsey Island

Passeriformes #1

Place: West coast, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.


Place: East side of Southend, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.


Place: Lighthouse, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.





Place: East side of Southend, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.





[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Skokholm Carrion Crows

Passeriformes #1

Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.



Place: North Gully, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


Place: Path from farm to Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.


Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.








[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Passeriformes #3

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.





[Chalcomitra senegalensis, Family Nectariniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Scarlet-chested sunbird]

The sound of the scarlet-chested sunbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Magnus Wadstein)

Snowy-crowned Robin-chat

Passeriformes #2

Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.




[Cossypha niveicapilla, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Snowy-crowned robin-chat]

The sound of the snowy-crowned robin-chat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andres Angulo Rubiano)