Notable Recent Sightings

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
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

Monday, May 06, 2013

Bank Holiday visit.

Just spent 4 days in Montgomeryshire,with majority of time at Pwll Penarth. Summary; 2 pair Little grebe, one of which appears to be sitting. Little egret dropped in sat. at 7.30am and left after 2 snatched photos. King fishers showing on occasion. Sand martins actively in and out of their burrows. warblers include Chiff Chaff, Willow, sedge, reed, Garden, and Blackcap. Common Sand Pipers around and about. Saturday PM went to my favorite place Rounton Hill in the hope of photographing Redstart and Pied Flycatchers.Could not believe it when I found a work party clearing all branches from around nest boxes and thinning out trees and replacing old nest boxes with new.Needless to say no sign of target birds.What idiot organised this work for first week in May.Walked around hill and saw Linnet, Whitethroat, Raven, Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Red kite, Willow Warbler, Chiff Chaff, Meadow Pipit, and Sky Lark.
Had to go out of area for Red Start etc.
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7 comments:

  1. Nigel Davies6 May 2013 at 20:25


    Same old story. Clueless people in charge.

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    1. Meurig Garbutt7 May 2013 at 08:52

      Have sent rather scathing email to Montg. Wildlife trust. Will be interested to here their reply. Meurig

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  2. Nigel Davies6 May 2013 at 20:28


    Nice shots,Meurig.

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  3. BRIAN POLLARD6 May 2013 at 21:35

    Agree with Nigel!

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    1. Meurig Garbutt7 May 2013 at 08:54

      Have sent rather scathing email to Montg. wildlife trust. will be interesting to hear [sorry about spelling Nigel] their reply.
      Meurig.

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  4. Tammy Stretton, Conservation Officer, MWT8 May 2013 at 09:55

    Meurig has hopefully now received an email (sent yesterday) from Rob, our Reserves Officer, explaining that this work had nothing to with the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust, content copied below:

    We’ve not done anything up at Roundton for a month or so, so it wasn’t us doing the work. If it’s the area I’m thinking of the boundary isn’t marked very well, so it’ll probably be the neighbours doing work in preparation to replacing the fence. As disappointed as we are that they have done this type of work at this time of year there isn’t a lot we can do to stop them, I will however go up on site hopefully today and have a look what’s been done and try and have a talk to them about why they shouldn’t be doing it now.

    If you see anything occurring on the reserves which you are concerned about, please contact myself (tammy@montwt.co.uk) or Rob (rob@montwt.co.uk), 01938 555654, in the first instance.

    Thanks,

    Tammy Stretton
    Conservation Officer
    Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust

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  5. Tammy Stretton, Conservation Officer, MWT8 May 2013 at 16:55

    Further to the message I posted this morning, I can now confirm that this work was undertaken by one of our neighbours, on their land. We thank Meurig for bringing this to our attention and accept his apologies.

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