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

Thursday, June 02, 2011

Nightjars @ Hafren Forest

Finally some warm weather and calm winds too, so off I went to Hafren (AGAIN!) in the hope that the Nightjars would be a lot more active. I was not disappointed, around 20:20 the first couple of Nightjars started to make a few half hearted churs, but by 21:30-22:00 there must have been 4-5 males churring and a couple of females flying around too! To top it off - as if that wasn't enough, as I was staring to think about leaving (at around 23:30) a stunning male perched it's self on an old tree stump just meters away from me!! WHAT A NIGHT!!!





Almost forgot, other birds present included 5 Cuckoos, 5 Crossbills, 1 Tree Pipit and a couple of very vocal juvenile Goshawks!
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