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

Monday, February 28, 2011

Cors Dyfi


A visit to Cors Dyfi this afternoon and thankfully the signs of Spring are finally here. The small birds on the feeders looked gorgeous in their new breeding plumage, bullfinch and snipe were around on the reserve as were the calls of many waders, curlew, oystercatchers and common sands I picked up. Red kites and a peregrine also made an appearance as did a rather bold heron on one of the pools.
Frogs and Toads have been laying their spawn too and this particular warty follow allowed me to get quite near him for a photo opportunity.
Our ospreys should be leaving their African wintering grounds around now so hopefully the cross-winds won't be to unkind. A very happy Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant/St. Davids Day to all.
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4 comments:

  1. Elfyn Pugh2 March 2011 at 17:54

    Emyr- Syt wyt to fy'n machgen i?
    My brother in law from Bryncrug rang me today to say that he thinks he and his collegues at 'Halo' in Tywyn saw 3 Ospreys on the Broadwater in the Dysynni Valley a couple of days ago I told him it was probably a bit early for them but is it 'impossible' that they were the 'gwalch'? Some say they were buzzards, others kites but Will my brother in law and no idiot says he thinks they were Ospreys. What do you reckon mate?

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  2. Unknown2 March 2011 at 20:45

    helo El - dwi'n iawn diolch ti, bron yn barod am dymor arall!!
    Ospreys tend to be seen around about now but do not come in proper numbers until around the 20th of March each year. There have been two sighting of osprey in the UK to date this year - one in Devon 33nd Feb and one in Scotland yesterday. To see three ospreys together of course in Towyn at this time of year would be hugely unlikely, but as you know, you never know with birds! All of the Roy Dennis radio tracked birds are still at their wintering grounds in Africa - ospreys take around three weeks to travel back north in the Spring.
    Welai di yn o' fuan El.

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  3. Unknown2 March 2011 at 20:49

    23rd Feb of course, and Tywyn not Towyn!

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  4. Elfyn Pugh2 March 2011 at 21:43

    Diolch i ti Em (thanks Emyr). I'll pass the information onto my brother in law Will. Fair play to the lads at 'Halo' Tywyn for being observant anyway. I'll make sure you get a free ice-cream the next time you visit 'Halo' in T'y'wyn Merionydd!

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