Notable Recent Sightings

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

Saturday, January 19, 2013

More From The Garden

A little quieter than yesterday, despite a screeching pass of a Peregrine over Monty around 10am.  Still plenty of Fieldfare about.  We had a new bird in the garden, I believe its a female male Reed Bunting (thanks Brian!); record shot taken through the kitchen window at a distance.






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3 comments:

  1. phil owen19 January 2013 at 21:28

    Love the Sparrow Edward

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  2. BRIAN POLLARD20 January 2013 at 12:33

    You have a male Reed Bunting in winter plumage Edward, well worth a shot through the window.

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  3. Edd Cottell20 January 2013 at 15:51

    Thanks Brian! The post has been updated. I've been studying the bird identifier book, and the most striking difference appears to be that the female has a white stripe going from the eye to the back of the head, whereas the male doesn't in winter plumage.

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