Notable Recent Sightings

29/05 Pink-footed Goose 1, over Welshpool, photo'd on 09/06
01/05 Red-throated Diver 1, Llyn Clywedog
07/02 Whooper Swan 44, Lake Vyrnwy
31/01 Whooper Swan 51, Haimwood, Llandrinio
17/11 Firecrest 2, Castle Caereinion
07/11 Barnacle Goose 1 among Canada Geese, Llyn Coed-y-Dinas
07/11 Hawfinch a few, Lake Vyrnwy, also Bramblings
01/11 Short-eared Owl 1, Cefn Coch Wind-farm
01/11 Great Grey Shrike Gregynog
28/10 Great Grey Shrike Lake Vyrnwy, also 1 on 30th at Eunant
25/09 Gannet 1 juv grounded near Caersws
07/09 Nightjar 1, photographed near Pontrobert
17/07 Quail RSPB Lake Vyrnwy, also heard 20/06 and 08/07
24/04 Long-eared Owl 2, RSPB Lake Vyrnwy
16/04 Purple Heron 1, Cors Dyfi
05/03 Firecrest 1, Lake Vyrnwy
05/03 Short-eared Owl 1, Lake Vyrnwy
14/01 Pink-footed Goose 1, Dolydd Hafren
03/01 Waxwing 20, Meifod; also 5 Welshpool by canal on 01/01. Last: 6 Bwlch-y-Garreg 17/03
   
See Sightings Archive for older records

Sunday, May 02, 2010

Warbler Watch


I hope nobody minds me using these few words here to let you know that we will be having a Warbler Watch event at Cors Dyfi next Saturday (May 8th) from 10am - 12 noon. We will have many bird experts including our very own County Bird Recorder, Brayton Holt.
It's an opportunity for people to engage with these often overlooked African migrants and get an opportunity to learn more about them - no longer will people have an "LBJ" species on their list!. We hope that we will have seven 'cetrs' (willow, sedge, grasshopper, garden, chiffchaff, whitethroat and blackcap) and a couple more with any luck.
The event is ran by Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust - leave your wallets at home, it's free, but do bring a friend and a camera. Sedge warbler above taken at Cors Dyfi yesterday, very obliging!
Elfyn, thanks for your kind words below, diolch ti.

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