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

Thursday, November 07, 2013

GGS mystery

Spent 4 hours scouring Cwm Biga over to Hafren and no sighting of the GGS. Not much else around in the forest either. A pair of majestic ravens, a couple of woodpeckers and the odd buzzard and kite. No winter thrushes, siskins or crossbills. But the cockrell is still there....
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  1. Tony Cross7 November 2013 at 22:37

    Did you get a photo?

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  2. Anonymous8 November 2013 at 09:46

    Amazed the chicken is still there - the raptors etc must be a bit dumb - #freemeal

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  3. Anonymous8 November 2013 at 09:50

    The GGS was also very elusive last year. In the past couple of years a load of new areas around Cwm Biga have been felled so it could be anywhere, if indeed it did hang around

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  4. Eryl Selly8 November 2013 at 14:33

    True but it is now the fourth year in a row that the GGS has appeared in more or less the same place. As I said though I did spend hours up and down Cwm Biga on foot. Four years ago 'it' was over on the Hafren side. I'll try again in a week or so since it's not too far for me to go.

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