Notable Recent Sightings

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
23/12 Waxwing Newtown College, first arrivals 04/12, 47 on 23/12, 67 on 01/01, 30 on 04/02
09/12 Cattle Egret 1 roosting with 8 Great Egrets and some Little Egrets, Llyn Coed-y-Dinas
02/12 Waxwing 21 Guilsfield, 12 Montgomery, 1 Welshpool, and 1 on 01/12 Llanfyllin
16/11 Dotterel 3, just west of Dyfnant Forest on RSPB land
16/11 Great Grey Shrike 1, on edge of Dyfnant Forest on RSPB land, last reported 19/01
15/11 Waxwing 25 or 30, just west of Lake Vyrnwy along the Dinas Mawddwy road
08/11 Great Northern Diver A juvenile was found near Anchor, rescued and released
30/10 Black Redstart 1 in garden at Hendomen, near Montgomery
06/10 Hawfinch 5 in treetops at Powis Castle, by main car-park
04/10 Cattle Egret Dolydd Hafren, a flock of c.30
29/09 Red-flanked Bluetail Dyfnant Forest: a county first
23/09 Manx Shearwater 1st year bird grounded in Llanfyllin; released at coast
03/09 Cattle Egret 10 at Cors Dyfi, rising to 32 on 05/09
01/06 Turnstone 1 at Caersws with Little Ringed Plovers
03/05 Wood Sandpiper 1 at Dolydd Hafren
18/04 BLACK-WINGED KITE 1 video-ed at Glan Mule, near Kerry: a likely FIRST for UK
07/04 Black Redstart Female on Carno roof
07/04 Little Ringed Plover Llandinam Gravels
25/03 Osprey Female 5F 'Seren' arrived back at Llyn Clywedog
25/03 Pied Flycatcher An early migrant near Llanfechain
22/03 Hen Harrier Female in flight near Berriew
15/03 Sand Martin 5, Dolydd Hafren
15/03 Golden Plover c.50, Heldre Hill, Long Mountain, nr Welshpool
05/03 Whooper Swan 1, between Caerhowel (Montgomery) and The Gaer, with Mute Swans
05/03 Pink-footed Goose 1, Caersws, with Canada Goose flock
05/03 Jack Snipe 2, Caersws
05/03 Hawfinch 24, Powis Castle, feeding behind orchard
28/02 Pink-footed Goose c.25, flying north over Welshpool
26/02 Merlin 1 male, chasing Meadow Pipit, Long Mountain near Welshpool
26/02 Pintail 3, Llyn Coed-y-Dinas, 1 since 14 Feb
14/02 Hawfinch 1, Powis Castle car-park, very vocal
23/01 Jack Snipe 1, Moel-y-Garth near Guilsfield
17/01 Brambling 80, in beeches at Pen-y-Waen near Cefn Coch with Chaffinches
07/01 Hawfinch 2, bathing in puddle, Cwm Lane, Castle Caereinion
   
See Sightings Archive for older records

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Pwll Penarth

Had a few hours at Pwll Penarth this morning and was horrified to see that the reserve has been cut back with only a few tiny areas left for the snipe and water rail to take cover so guess they will spend most of the time on the far side of the reserve where we cant see them from the hides.
 
From the second hide a Reed Bunting showed briefly.
 
 
Also from the second hide Goldcrest and Bullfinch were showing well but the light was not great
 
Also 5 snipe were visible but to far out to take anything other than a record shot 4 snipe in this photo, Hope they move to cover soon.

 
The Water Rail is quite happy in the open as it swam across in front of the first hide shame it never showed when Mark turned up.


 
And a quick visit from the Kingfisher was nice only got 2 photos of neither were any good but thought I would post anyway.


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6 comments:

  1. Chris Wallbank10 November 2012 at 17:14

    It's a shame I agree, Only cover untouched when I visited earlier this week were the reeds blocking most of the view from the first hide!...I'm hoping snipe will still feed along the margins of the peninsula though. This is where they roosted last year with fantastic views, but probably won't do so now its been manicured.

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  2. Chris. T.10 November 2012 at 20:07

    Lovely image of the Water Rail, with cracking reflected reeds.

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  3. Nigel Davies11 November 2012 at 00:30


    I like the Bunting shot. Also hope the Snipe get some cover.

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  4. Nigel Davies11 November 2012 at 01:01

    Really getting fed up of seeing wildlife habitat everywhere being hacked.

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  5. Tammy Stretton12 November 2012 at 09:31

    Although the scrub clearance on the reserve may currently seem harsh, it is part of essential habitat management to maintain the site for all the species using the reserve. Scrub is cut on rotation each year, creating a variety of areas for wildlife. Without intervention, the site would soon be willow carr and little else.

    Tammy Stretton, Conservation Officer
    Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust

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    1. Anonymous13 November 2012 at 16:17

      Question then Tammy - as one of the target species (I think) is the Little Ringed Plover why are all of the islands left vegetated? Is it not possible to make a couple of them gravel islands?

      Also this is a similar debate to that we had over LCyD earlier this year and on which discussions continue - having met with Clive and Abi we are now a bit clearer on what the Trust are trying to achieve and they now understand and have responded to some of our concerns. All of this discussion could be avoided could it not if the management plans/target species list were published on the MWT website - as the LCyD plan was being rewritten in the early part of this year I assume that is now complete and could therefore be published. Why not place a laminated copy in the respective hides?

      What all of this unfortunately has done is leave a few people feeling a bit disenchanted and I know some have cancelled their membership of the Trust - obviously you don't want that to continue and I don't think this is or should be too difficult to fix.

      I'll email you this as well in case you don't pick it up on the blog.

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