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

Friday, May 27, 2011

(possible) Corncrake @ Dolydd Hafren

Popped down to Dolydd yesterday evening, and saw a very odd bird fly into the top end of the first field from the car park. The only way I could describe the bird was by it being what looked like a very small 'bittern' in flight/landing and in colour. I only saw the bird for what seemed like a split second, but it appeared to be flushed from the cattle field and then flitted over the fence and landed in the top far corner of the crop field. After looking through my Collins bird guide when I got home, the size and jizz of it only seemed to fit one bird - Corncrake?

Worth keeping an eye out for!, the habitat look superb!!!
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  1. Anonymous30 May 2011 at 11:13

    hmm that would be something special!

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