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January feature: Winterwatch
The BBC couldn't have timed BBC2's Winterwatch programmes better, coinciding beautifully with a period of really cold weather across the UK. BTO has again been busy supporting the team with background data, stats and stories and this year Paul Stancliffe has been busy writing blogs to explain how birds cope with winter. Read about the birds that choose to migrate to the UK, how some species roost together to keep warm and how others adapt to the cold conditions. |
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 Birds have a number of ways of dealing with cold
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Notable Recent Sightings
| 17/01 | Goldeneye | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Female present |
| 17/01 | Waxwing | Newtown. Two at the college this afternoon |
| 15/01 | Brambling | Lake Vyrnwy. 60+ under beeches along road near Lakeside Hide |
| 13/01 | Brambling | Llanidloes. 500-600 at Pen-yr-allt Wood most of week - best around SN956857 |
| 13/01 | Goldeneye | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Female present |
| 13/01 | Waxwing | Newtown. Single at the college still present |
| 09/01 | Waxwing | Newtown. Single at the college still present |
| 08/01 | Waxwing | Newtown. Single at the college still present |
| 07/01 | Brambling | Llanidloes. 400+ at Peny-yr-allt Wood in beech near the little car park but mobile |
| 06/01 | Waxwing | Newtown. Single at the college from 5th |
| 04/01 | Goldeneye | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Female still plus a few Mandarin |
| 04/01 | Hawfinch | Powis Castle. Present plus male Blackcap |
| 03/01 | Blackcap | Welshpool. Male at Buttington |
| 03/01 | Waxwing | Llanidloes. 32 at bottom Bryn du Road 1.45 - 3pm, no sign since. Earlier, 40 reported Buttington Cross Welshpool mid morning but no sign afterwards |
| 02/01 | Hawfinch | Powis Castle. 20+ in the park today |
| 01/01 | Lesser Sp. Woodpecker | Powis Castle. One in the park this morning |
| 30/12 | Hawfinch | Powis Castle. 14 in the gardens |
| 28/12 | Goldeneye | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Still plus 2 Peregrine, Wigeon, Shelduck | 20/12 | Pintail | Llyn Coed y Dinas. 2 drake & female Goldeneye still |
| 19/12 | Goldeneye | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Female type still present |
| 13/12 | Goldeneye | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Female type present and Pintail reported this morning only |
| 28/11 | Goldeneye | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Female present |
| 25/11 | Great White Egret | River Dyfi. pm, about 1 mile west of Machynlleth |
| 22/11 | Blackcap | Guilsfield. Male & female in garden |
| 30/10 | Lapland Bunting | Lake Glaslyn. One reported top section of track leading to MWT Lake Glaslyn (SN837952). Present all day 30th, not seen since. |
| 27/10 | Shoveler | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Single drake |
| 19/10 | Great White Egret | Aberhafesp. By River Severn 3pm |
| 17/10 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Newtown. Single in woods opposite leisure centre |
| 29/09 | Wigeon | Llyn Coed y Dinas. 10 present |
| 26/09 | Great White Egret | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Early morning - then flew down river 9am |
| 24/09 | Lesser BB Gull | Llyn Coed y Dinas. 300+ pm. |
| 22/09 | Sandwich Tern | Lake Vyrnwy. 5 early afternoon from Old Village CP |
| 16/09 | Manx Shearwater | Llanidloes. One crash landed in garden. Safely released Aberystwyth |
| 02/09 | Snow Goose | Montgomery. The feral bird again at Lymore Pools associating with 20+ Greylag |
| 02/09 | Hawfinch | Churchstoke. 2 flying north |
| 01/09 | House Martin | Sarn. 1000+ streaming south at 7.30pm |
| 27/08 | Hobby | Guilsfield. One over this morning |
| 26/08 | Osprey | Penstrowed. Heading towards Newtown along R.Severn 2pm |
| 10/08 | Common Scoter | Lake Vyrnwy. Two drakes off dam this morning |
| 28/07 | Hobby | Lymore. Single this morning |
| 21/07 | Hobby | Middletown. One over, also a Peregrine |
| 28/06 | Osprey | Lake Vyrnwy. Single passing through |
| 17/06 | Great Black-backed Gull | Lake Vyrnwy. Pair am, plus a few each of LBB and BH Gull & Goshawk |
| 03/06 | Snow Goose | Llyn Coed y Dinas. One escapee plus adult Mediterranean Gull |
| 02/06 | Mediterranean Gull | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Single distant on island |
| 23/05 | Hobby | Cors Dyfi. Single today |
| 10/05 | Lesser Whitethroat | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Singing male present |
| 04/05 | Hobby | Lake Vyrnwy. Adult over today |
| 29/04 | Whimbrel | Llyn Coed y Dinas. One over plus Arctic Tern |
| 25/04 | Whimbrel | Dolydd Hafren. One in front of 2nd hide this morning |
| 24/04 | Garden Warbler | Guilsfield. Two today |
| 23/04 | Swift | Welshpool. One over drifting west |
| 19/04 | Cuckoo | Lake Vyrnwy. Also Grasshopper Warbler |
| 18/04 | Arctic Tern | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Single through |
| 16/04 | Snow Goose | Montgomery. Single at Lymore Pools (presumed feral escape?) |
| 16/04 | Whooper Swan | Lake Vyrnwy. 3 on lake (am) & Short-eared Owl on moorland |
| 14/04 | Common Sandpiper | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Single plus Blackcap |
| 11/04 | Hen Harrier | Cors Dyfi. Male present |
| 08/04 | Pied Flycatcher | Foel. A male has arrived, also one at Pwll Penarth |
| 05/04 | Wheatear | Lake Vyrnwy. One along Gadfa road |
| 05/04 | Tree Sparrow | Wern. 3 at garden feeders |
| 04/04 | Whooper Swan | Lake Vyrnwy. 5 from Lakeside Hide |
| 04/04 | Swallow | Llyn Coed y Dinas. 3 today |
| 03/04 | Black Redstart | Guilsfield. One in private garden from 2nd but no sign on 4th |
| 30/03 | Egyptian Goose | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Single & Mediterranean Gull (this also 29th), Sand Martin |
| 27/03 | Mediterranean Gull | Llyn Coed y Dinas. 2 adults displaying |
| 22/03 | Osprey | Cors Dyfi. First returning bird of 2018 today |
| 21/03 | Snow Goose | Caersws. Presumed escape associating with Canada Geese by river early this morning. First seen yesterday evening, bird doesn't appear to have leg rings |
| 17/03 | Hawfinch | Guilsfield. 2 in private garden today & Brambling |
| 16/03 | Hawfinch | Powis Castle. 7 in the gardens |
| 16/03 | Mediterranean Gull | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Adult present mid pm |
| 13/03 | Chiffchaff | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Singing bird 10.30am |
| 07/03 | Hawfinch | Lake Vyrnwy. Single in Hirnant Valley late pm |
| 06/03 | Pochard | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Pair plus 4 Mandarin Duck (3M, 1F), 14 Goosander, Water Rail |
| 04/03 | Pochard | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Pair plus Shelduck, Water Rail |
| 02/03 | Jack Snipe | Montgomery. One in private garden |
| 22/02 | Hen Harrier | Cors Dyfi. A male today |
| 17/02 | Hawfinch | Powis Castle. 2 plus Green Woodpecker |
| 11/02 | Lesser Sp. Woodpecker | Powis Castle. Plus 4 Hawfinch |
| 04/02 | Pink-Footed Goose | Lake Vyrnwy. 30+ heading north at 11am. Also Goshawk, Willow Tit |
| 31/01 | Pochard | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Female & Shoveler(m), 13 Snipe, pr Oystercatcher, Shelduck |
| 31/01 | Merlin | Welshpool. Male, top of Red Bank/Laundry Lane & 4 Redwing |
| 26/01 | Great White Egret | Llangurig. Bird mid afternoon in field west of town |
| 21/01 | Blackcap | Llanymynech. Female at garden feeders |
| 19/01 | Whooper Swan | Aberhafesp. 14 (4 juv) just below village on left of the second rise going through from the Newtown direction. |
| 18/01 | Pochard | Llyn Coed y Dinas. Single fem. still & 5 Goosander (3m, 2f), 14 Snipe, Shelduck |
| 18/01 | Whooper Swan | Aberhafesp. c12 presumed Whoopers at west end of Aberhafesp pm |
| 16/01 | Pochard | Llyn Coed y Dinas. A single female |
| 14/01 | Pochard | Llyn Coed y Dinas. A singleton |
| 13/01 | Barnacle Geese | Llyn Coed y Dinas. 6 long staying birds still & 8 Goosander, Water Rail |
| 10/01 | Hawfinch | Powis Castle. 2+ plus Sparrowhawk, Goosander, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 50 Fieldfare & 30 Blackbird |
| 07/01 | Whooper Swan | Caersws. 2 adult north along river Severn, seemed to drop near Aberhafesp |
| 07/01 | Pink-Footed Goose | Lake Vyrnwy. 140+ (91, 24, c25) & 17 Whooper Swan over heading west am |
| 06/01 | Pink-Footed Goose | Lake Vyrnwy. 39 over heading N to NW, afternoon |
| 06/01 | Whooper Swan | Aberhafesp. 6 present |
See Sightings Archive for older records |
Friday, January 18, 2013
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