Notable Recent Sightings

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

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Waxwings in Monts 18/11/12

As many (if not all) of you know, Waxwings are once again gracing us with thier presence this winter, and thier numbers look as if they will increase over the coming weeks/months (should the berry crop hold out?). So far in Monts they have been seen at:

Newtown College
30+ (several obs) feeding on berries on and around the college, plus another 40+ (via Phil) seen flying over.

Welshpool
31(via birdguides) by The Flash Leisure Centre at c.SJ224075 mid-afternoon.

Dolydd Hafren
Flock (via Edward) seen flying south towards Newtown.

No doubt there are several other flocks around, it's just a matter of finding them. Other places worth checking out are Tregynon, Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Pwll Penarth, Garthmyl, Llanidloes, Castle Caereinion, Pool Quay and Llanermynech as they have all had previous sitings of Waxwings over the years, or just anywhere where there are berries!

If anyone does find some Waxwings and wants to put the news on the blog but cant, please don't hesitate to contact me, and I'll try my best ot put the news out.

Happy Birding

Paul Leafe
Montgomeryshire County Bird Recorder

2 comments:

  1. Thank you Paul, I will try to make an up date tomorrow on any Welshpool sightings, toether with any decent numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare.
    Nice to have you back!

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  2. There was a large flock of large thrush like birds at the side of the river Severn at the Lakeside restaurant in Garthmyl last week. They were too far away for me to be positive but I suspect they were Fieldfare, too big to be thrushes and there must have been 30 - 40 of them.

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