MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS

Latest Sightings

24/07	Peregrine	Guilsfield. 2 over today at 2pm
20/07	Green Sandpiper	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 2, also 2 Common Sandpiper
17/07	Common Scoter	Lake Vyrnwy. 8 present.
10/07	Gadwall	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Two plus Little Egret, Kingfisher, pair Great Crested Grebe + chicks and Tufted Duck + chicks
08/07	Hobby	Llanfyllin. One over this morning
07/07	Quail	Hyddgen. At least one calling around SN784902. This is 4km southwest of the report on 6th so could be same bird
06/07	Quail	Lake Glaslyn. Calling between car park and shore
04/07	Green Sandpiper	Llyn Coed y Dinas.
30/06	Shelduck	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 2 adult & 9 juveniles + 2 Common Sandpiper (pm)
22/06	Mediterranean Gull	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Adult at 5pm with Black Headed Gulls on big island in front of oak tree
19/06	Common Scoter	Lake Vyrnwy. 90 (yes, ninety) and Osprey over.
05/06	Quail	Lake Vyrnwy. Another calling and assumed to be a different bird to the one on the 30th.
30/05	Quail	Lake Vyrnwy. One calling.
25/05	Shelduck	Llyn Coed y Dinas. One today
23/05	Mediterranean Gull	Llyn Coed y Dinas. A first summer bird today plus 1 Common Tern
22/05	Turtle Dove	Cors Dyfi. Present in adjacent caravan park (Morben Isaf) all day
16/05	Spotted Flycatcher	Llanfechain. First report of year. A bird returning to 2013 nest site
15/05	Dunlin	Llyn Coed y Dinas. At 15:00, on left of big island briefly before disappearing around the back
13/05	Hoopoe	Mochdre. Present and calling from 11th to 13th when last seen in the village at 4pm for 20 mins.
10/05	Arctic Tern	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 1st summer bird still present, last reported on 11th
09/05	Arctic Tern	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 1st summer bird still present
09/05	Hobby	Dolydd Hafren. Plus Yellow Wagtail
09/05	Arctic Tern	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 1st summer bird present this afternoon
08/05	Garganey	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Drake showing well close to first island
07/05	Hawfinch	Newtown. One on feeders in private garden.
06/05	Great White Egret	Lake Vyrnwy. In breeding plumage at top of lake in willow around Centenary hide (though can be very elusive). Last seen on 7th
04/05	Cuckoo	Middletown Hill. Singing male at 5pm
30/04	Hobby	Lake Vyrnwy. Sighting on the Red Trail plus pair Crossbill at Dam (male singing)
28/04	Lesser Whitethroat	Middletown. Singing male
27/04	Black Tern	Llyn Coed y Dinas. A pair this pm with 2 Arctic Tern and 1 'Commic' Tern
25/04	Redwing	Lake Vyrnwy. Probably the last one this winter (?!) plus a Whitethroat on red trail
24/04	Grasshopper Warbler	Lake Vyrnwy. First of year on moorland and Oystercatcher on dam
23/04	Osprey	Welshpool. 1 over this morning
22/04	Reed Warbler	Llyn Coed y Dinas. First reported 2014 plus Reed Bunting & Sedge Warbler
22/04	Whinchat	Lake Vyrnwy. 2 today on the moors are Vyrnwy's first of 2014.
21/04	Bean Goose	Caersws. Presumed escape.
20/04	Swift	Dolydd Hafren. First record of year plus Sedge Warbler
20/04	Arctic Tern	Llyn Coed Y Dinas. 3 plus Sedge Warbler in reeds
19/04	Cuckoo	Hafren Forest. One calling in Cwm Biga area
18/04	Wood Warbler	Llanidloes. And 3 Tree Pipit on Gorn Hill
16/04	Osprey	Dolydd Hafren. Late afternoon and then flew north. Plus Yellow Wagtail
15/04	Marsh Harrier	Dolydd Hafren. Male this morning. Also Lesser Whitethroat and Garden Warbler
15/04	House Martin	Sarn. A few overhead, the first reported this year
10/04	Osprey	Lake Vyrnwy. Over, heading NW towards Bala
09/04	Ring Ouzel	Lake Vyrnwy. Pair, plus Great Grey Shrike, but neither species readily accessible as mobile on moorland
08/04	Garden Warbler	Llanerfyl. First reported this year
07/04	Redstart	Mochdre. Male - first reported this year
06/04	Pintail	Pwll Penarth. A pair and large passage of Sand Martin/Swallow
03/04	Pied Flycatcher	Llanerfyl. Male - first reported this year
03/04	Common Sandpiper	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Also Blackcap and pair Gadwall still, 50+ Swallow, 30+ Sand Martin, 2 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher
03/04	Swallow	Pontrobert. 2 plus Blackcap
01/04	Gadwall	Llyn Coed y Dinas. A pair and 1000+ Black-headed Gulls
01/04	Grey Partridge	Cefn y Coed. 2 (near Abermule)
01/04	Willow Warbler	Cors Dyfi. First reported this year
26/03	Little Ringed Plover	River Severn. 2, the first reported of 2014.
26/03	Wheatear	Lake Vyrnwy. Female on moorland edge, also 100+ Fieldfare/Redwing and Goshawk.
25/03	Fieldfare	Llanfyllin. c.80 over with a few Redwing as winter thrushes move through county on return journey.
24/03	Whooper Swan	Dolydd Hafren. 2 flying down river (pm)
21/03	Merlin	Meifod. Male heading north
21/03	Mediterranean Gull?	Llyn Coed y Dinas. UNCONFIRMED report of adult on 18th, but there were 7 Oystercatcher & 5 Snipe today
20/03	Sand Martin	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 30+ this morning
20/03	White-fronted Goose	Dolydd Hafren. 2 European race (.albifrons) still present in front of 2nd hide (am)
19/03	Blackcap	Llandyssil. Singing male
19/03	Sand Martin	Caersws. Plus 6 Chiffchaff between Llanidloes and Caersws
18/03	Oystercatcher	Llyn Coed y Dinas. The usual pair plus another 3
16/03	White-fronted Goose	Dolydd Hafren. 2 of European race (.albifrons) with Greylags & Canadas
08/03	Chiffchaff	Pwll Penarth. Most likely an overwintering bird?
07/03	Osprey	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Over field opposite the reserve flying south.
03/03	Shoveler	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Drake plus Wigeon & Teal
23/02	Green Sandpiper	Dolydd Hafren. 3 wintering birds present (there has been up to 4). Also 3's of Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Peregrine & Red Kite. 63 Curlew, c.20 Teal, 2 Wigeon, 2 Water Rail
23/02	Bittern	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Again as per y'day
22/02	Bittern	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Again, in to roost late evening
21/02	Bittern	Llyn Coed y Dinas. One from 17:30 in bushes on left of island
13/02	Blackcap	Guilsfield. Male in garden this morning likely to have overwintered in the area
11/02	Pintail	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Drake this morning
08/02	Brambling	Llanerfyl. 5 in private garden
05/02	Lapwing	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 75 with 22 Wigeon, 8 Tufted Duck
04/02	Oystercatcher	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Plus Snipe, 8+ Teal, 10+ Wigeon, 4 Heron, 6 Cormorant
03/02	Stock Dove	Dolydd Hafren. Flock of 130 in the arable field, with 85 Linnet, 2 Little Egret
31/01	Merlin	Cwm Biga. Female
26/01	Short-eared Owl	Llyn Hir. Plus 5 Teal, 6 Lapwing, 10+ Woodcock, 10+ Snipe, 8 Jack Snipe
24/01	Little Egret	Dolydd Hafren. Also c.30 Curlew
24/01	Whooper Swan	Aberhafesp. 5
22/01	Redwing	Welshpool. 40+ in field opposite Brynfa Farm, Red Bank plus 25+ Linnet
16/01	Snipe	Guilsfield. 20 - 30 in flight over Granllyn, Guilsfield (Woodland Trust reserve), pm
12/01	Avocet	Llyn Coed y Dinas.
12/01	Blackcap	Guilsfield. Male in a garden
11/01	Shelduck	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Also male Goosander, 3 Bullfinch, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Cormorant, Mallard, Pied Wagtail
07/01	Snow Bunting	Pentre. A male at midday, south of Pentre (east of Llanidloes)
01/01	Merlin	Montgomery.
29/12	Green Sandpiper	Dolydd Hafren. 2 plus 2 Little Egret, 9 Snipe, Brambling, Goshawk
27/12	Whooper Swan	Aberhafesp. 8 with 4 Mute Swan in the Severn Valley this afternoon.
24/12	Great Grey Shrike	Hafren Forest. OS grid SN848872. See blog for directions.
22/12	Chiffchaff	Pwll Penarth. 2 present plus Blackcap (male), 20 Linnet, 3 Little Grebe, 20 Snipe, 2 Water Rail (heard)
15/12	Jack Snipe	Corndon Hill. Again, plus Common Snipe, 14 Golden Plover
14/12	Jack Snipe	Corndon Hill. 2+
13/12	Bittern	Cors Dyfi.
13/12	Shoveler	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 1st-winter drake, also 40+ Wigeon
08/12	Whooper Swan	Llyn Gwyddior. 4 present (grid ref SH9307)
07/12	Whooper Swan	Llyn Hir. 2 adults
04/12	Blackcap	Pwll Penarth. Male in apple trees on sewage ponds fenceline. Also 12 Linnet, 16 Bullfinch, 84 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, 40+ Blackbird, 2 Snipe, Water Rail, 7 Teal, 18 L-T Tit
03/12	Chiffchaff	Pwll Penarth. Feeding in hedgerows by sewage works
30/11	Dunlin	Pwll Penarth. Possibly same bird as LyCD, plus 5 Water Rail, 20+ Teal, 6 Mute Swan, 2 Little Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Green Woodpecker
30/11	Dunlin	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Early am, plus Mandarin, Peregrine, 2 Goosander, 20+ Wigeon
29/11	Mandarin	Llyn Coed y Dinas. (pm) Drake, still, perched in willow to right of hide
29/11	Blackcap	Dolydd Hafren. Male, plus Little Egret, 90+ Linnet, 5 Reed Bunting, 6 Bullfinch
28/11	Blackcap	Guilsfield. Male in a garden this morning
25/11	Blackcap	Dolydd Hafren. Pair still present plus Little Egret, 4 Snipe, 28 Curlew, 4 Water Rail, 500+ Canada Geese
25/11	Mandarin	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Drake, still until 9am. Also 7 Snipe, 7 Lapwing, Goosander
24/11	Mandarin	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 1 drake.
22/11	Goosander	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 2 males (am). Sightings increasing with colder weather e.g. 1 today at Llyn y Grinwydden (pm) + pair on the canal at Welshpool earlier in week
21/11	Woodcock	Llanerfyl. 10+ in nearby fields (evening)
18/11	Lapwing	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 41 present plus 12 Tufted Duck & female Sparrowhawk
17/11	Blackcap	Dolydd Hafren. 2 (male & female)
17/11	Wigeon	Lymore Pool. 30 present plus 5 Goosander
15/11	Bullfinch	Ceri Forest. Flock of 18, plus 4 Woodcock, several flocks of 4-12 Crossbill
14/11	Red Kite	Penegoes. 8 seen together just east of Penegoes over A489 (pm)
11/11	Common Sandpiper	Dolydd Hafren. Also 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Snipe, 2 Water Rail (calling), 21 Lapwing, 80+ Linnet, 100+ Redwing, 34 Fieldfare, 423 Canada Geese & 1 Hare.
04/11	Brambling	Lake Vyrnwy. 12+ with Chaffinch flock under beech trees on northern edge of lake (near Ty Uchaf turn). Also Crossbill overhead, Siskin on alders.
03/11	Mandarin	Dolydd Hafren. Female on flooded river, plus 4+ Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 27 Curlew, 10 Goosander, Peregrine, Merlin, 2 Little Grebe
02/11	Curlew	Dolydd Hafren. 22 present
30/10	Red Kite	Pentre Llifior. 8 seen together (pm)
29/10	Brambling	Dolfor. 30-40 feeding on beech mast in Chaffinch flock on road leading up to P&L windfarm
24/10	Dotterel	Ceri Ridgeway. Juvenile trapped & ringed at night, plus 7 Jack Snipe, 20+ Snipe, 11 Golden Plover, Woodcock (1st of season)
24/10	Green Sandpiper	Dolydd Hafren. 5 present, plus 4 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail (heard), Peregrine (female)
22/10	Water Rail	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Showing to left of hide, plus 3 Snipe, Wigeon
19/10	Great Grey Shrike	Hafren Forest. Grid SN864894, also Fieldfares
17/10	Peregrine	Newtown. Eating prey near Macdonalds (assume 'prey' was not a burger)
13/10	Shoveler	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 1 drake, plus 3 Snipe
11/10	Whooper Swan	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 2 present AM and from 4pm, also Common Sandpiper
11/10	Redwing	Across the county. First reports of the winter at various locations
09/10	Brambling	Lake Vyrnwy. First of the winter at feeders
06/10	Wigeon	Lymore Pools. Approx 20 present
06/10	Yellow Wagtail	Dolydd Hafren. Also Green Sandpiper, Water Rail and mix of departing summer migrants including reported late records of Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Tree Pipit
06/10	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Still, plus Common Sandpiper
05/10	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 1 bird present but becoming more mobile, plus Dipper, Reed Bunting
04/10	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 1 bird present, plus Gadwall (male), Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 20 Tufted Duck, 7 Wigeon, Little Grebe
03/10	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 1 bird present, plus 2 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Gadwall, Little Grebe, 7 Lapwing
02/10	Great White Egret	Pwll Penarth. 1 bird over, at 14:00, flying south, high up.
02/10	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas. 1 bird present, plus 6 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Gadwall (male)
01/10	Golden Plover	Carno. 10 flying South over the Rhyd, Carno (AM). 2 on field by Llyn Mawr and another at Garreg Hir (PM).
01/10	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Still, 2 birds, also Snipe, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Little Grebe
30/09	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Still, 2 birds, plus 4 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Little Grebe, Wigeon, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff
29/09	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Still, 2 birds
28/09	Hen Harrier	Glaslyn. South side of Lake, 5.45pm
28/09	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Still, and a 2nd bird arrived late pm
27/09	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas.
26/09	Gannet	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Juvenile circling overhead (pm).
26/09	Great White Egret	Llyn Coed y Dinas. Also 5 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 3 Wigeon, Gadwall and 2 Chiffchaff
22/09	Little Grebe	Pwll Penarth. Pair on far side of pool. Also Water Rail, 3 Snipe, Reed Warbler
22/09	Goshawk	Kerry Ridgeway.
21/09	Black-tailed Godwit	Dolydd Hafren. Also Whimbrel, 50+ Curlew, 2 Hobby, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Reed Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper
20/09	Hobby	Welshpool. Over Red Bank. Also 2 Wheatear.
20/09	Green Sandpiper	Lake Vyrnwy. At top end of lake.
15/09	Yellow Wagtail	Dolydd Hafren. Also Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Reed Warbler, Wheatear
15/09	Garganey	River Severn at Leighton. (Juvenile) Also 50+ Teal, Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper
14/09	Goshawk	Carno. Also Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Red Kite, 2 Crossbill
14/09	Merlin	Talerddig
12/09	Barnacle Goose	Fan
06/09	Yellow Wagtail	Llyn Coed y Dinas
29/08	Bittern	Lake Vyrnwy
28/08	Water Rail	Middletown

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Barn Owl

A reliable contact has just seen a Barn Owl on the Welshpool side of Guilsfield.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Llyn Coed-y-dinas 7.30pm

2 Common Sandpiper, G C Grebe feeding young

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Llyn Coed-y-dinas 8.30-9.30 pm

2 Gadwall, Little Egret, Kingfisher, pair of G C Grebe WITH at least two very tiny chicks, 3 Tufted Duck chicks with adult female, 3 Oyster Catcher , Lesser B B Gull after B H Gull chicks

Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Red Bank,Welshpool AM

Spotted Flycatcher at top of Red Bank plus Peregrine, Red Kite

Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Llyn Coed-y-dinas today

B H Gulls nearly all gone and a lot quieter! No sign of Shelduck

2 Chiffchaff, 2 juvenile Long Tailed Tit, Willow Warbler

Saturday, July 05, 2014

Llyn Coed-y-dinas early evening

4 adult Oystercatchers, 29 Mute Swan. Shelduck still on big island and one or two getting the red bill etc

Friday, July 04, 2014

Llyn Coed-y-dinas pm and Leighton

Green Sandpiper at Coed-y-dinas.
Mistle Thrush at Leighton outskirts

Monday, June 30, 2014

Llyn Coed y Dinas Shelduck

2 adult and 9 juv Shelduck this afternoon also 2 common sandpiper

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Hawfinch Mystery, + Spotted Flycatchers.

Chris Hurell and I examined the flattened corpse of a young Hawfinch today. Bizarrely it was in the middle of The Royal Oak car park, Welshpool. Did it die there, or had the body been discarded by persons unknown? Local breeding not ruled out, I feel, but not conclusively ruled in either!

To turn to happier outcomes. Not one, but two pairs of Spotted Flycatchers have nested on my house, using open-fronted boxes. Having ringed the young about a week ago, I know they are clutches of 4 and 5. I spent (wasted!) several hours this morning trying to get the flight shot, but the sharp one still eludes me!

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Med Gull, Llyn Coed y Dinas

Adult Med Gull at Llyn Coed y Dinas at 5pm with the Black Headed Gulls on the big island in front of the oak tree.

Highlights from Dolydd Hafren this morning - 5 adult Common Sandpipers and 3 chicks, Little Egret dropped in, pair Little Ringed Plover, 19 Lapwing, 1 (male) Yellow Wagtail and 2 Curlew. 1 (male) Redstart, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge and Reed Warblers, many Reed Bunting. (48 species seen in all). Lots of dameselflies and dragonflies including approx 10 broad bodied chasers.