Notable Recent Sightings

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

Monday, November 26, 2012

Record Shot

My good wife took this this afternoon about 2.30 from the bedroom window and then phoned me at work to rub it in they were outside the house again when I was not there.
103 by my count but hard to tell when they are all bunched up like this.
Thought It was quite a good record shot though.
 

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6 comments:

  1. BRIAN POLLARD26 November 2012 at 18:06

    Great shot for the records, just what is needed Phil. What a foul day for photography!

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  2. Graham Williams26 November 2012 at 20:05

    I counted the same flock at about the same time and got to 101 the first time and 105 the second time. Later in the afternoon Mike Shrubb and Libby Andrews had a superb count of 120 in an Ash tree close to the footbridge in the west of the site. I think this may be a Welsh record (I will try to check whether it is...)
    Some great photographs on this blog. Graham Williams

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  3. Anonymous27 November 2012 at 08:30

    cracker - numbers are amazing - great shot Lauren

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  4. H J Griffiths27 November 2012 at 20:30

    Where are they?! Which town are we talking about?!

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  5. phil owen27 November 2012 at 20:35

    Newtown

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  6. Graham Williams27 November 2012 at 20:50

    P.S. Just found that in a Welsh context numbers still have a way to go. Annoyingly (!) there were 250 in Cardiff in December 2010. Still, no reason why the maximum flock in Newtown should not increase as there seem to be birds scattered all over town

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