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

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Turdus merula


Slim pickings today. Birds would not alight where I told them to, those I asked to come failed to turn up for the party, the light was not good, and my camera had a strop. But I was honoured with the presence of `Choughy`the blackbird, so he can be my star for a day!!!
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4 comments:

  1. BRIAN POLLARD22 January 2013 at 16:36

    And what a star Trevor, the bird looks in lovely condition.

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  2. Eryl Selly22 January 2013 at 17:06

    Yes, he's a beauty! My turdus has been seeing off all the other turdi ferociously.

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  3. Anonymous22 January 2013 at 19:32

    Hey Trevor - if it was easy and the birds did everything you wanted it would be no fun!! Plenty of Blackbirds around at the moment - half a dozen in the back garden, though I am bribing them with apples they seem to have developed a craving for!

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  4. Trevor Rogers22 January 2013 at 22:51

    Choughy is eating grated cheese mixed with homemade mince pies - lucky bird.

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