Notable Recent Sightings

10/01 White Stork 1, photo'd near Llansantffraid, still present 22 Jan
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
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, December 30, 2011

`Shell Duck`

Visited LCyD at 13.00hrs today (Friday) another (fowl) foul day with a `hide temp of only 6c`
A small number of Wigeon still present, a pair of male Goosander and a delightful pair of Shell Duck, one was a female as seen on the water but a pair took flight and unable to sex the second bird.

Trevor Rogers
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3 comments:

  1. BRIAN POLLARD30 December 2011 at 17:14

    I visited Coed-y-dinas at 14.00hrs, no male Goosander but pair of female, the males probably at back of large island. The Shellduck had gone.

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  2. Anonymous30 December 2011 at 17:21

    Would be a bit more uncomfortable without the hide!! I remember sitting in there last year in my polar suit with my wee thermometer showing -16 - but the light was way better than this rubbish we have at the mo!

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  3. Trevor Rogers30 December 2011 at 21:04

    Brian your too kind! it was the pair of female Goosander that I saw- messed up again - lol.The female Shell Duck was sitting on the water next to Wigeon - which she dwarfed.

    Trevor

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