MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS: How to quieten Black-Headed Gulls.

Notable Recent Sightings

20/04	Whimbrel	1, Dolydd Hafren
12/04	Black-necked Grebe	1, in breeding plumage, Llyn Coed-y-Dinas
10/01	White Stork	1, photo'd near Llansantffraid, present up to 28 Feb
01/10	Glossy Ibis	1, photo'd by Osprey camera at Cors Dyfi
17/09	Grey Phalarope	1 juv, Red Ridge Centre, Cefn Coch, photo'd
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
		See Sightings Archive for older records

Saturday, April 23, 2011

How to quieten Black-Headed Gulls.

Llyn Coed-y-Dinas is, I believe, the noisiest reserve owned by Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust, at least when the BHGs are setting up home for the breeding season. However the torrential rain and thunderstorm which hit at about 4pm today completely silenced them, as they all took up the same attitude, facing the weather with bills raised and necks hunched. After the storm passed, mass bathing was the pastime, accompanied, of course, by a resumption of the usual cacophony.