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
   
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Wood Pigeon @ Llanfair Caereinion

(via birdguides)   35000 flew northwest betwen 07:30-08:30 this morning.

2 comments:

  1. High level movements also noted over Welshpool in the last few days, most markedly in the hour after dawn. I've noticed these "cold-weather" movements annually for some years. Have they flown overnight? Are they from Europe? Do they go to Ireland?

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  2. Approx 2000 over Llanfyllin this morning heading north.

    Large post dawn flocks of Wood Pigeon are a fairly typical phenomenon in the autumn across Wales and England. The birds are most likely of local origin (i.e. from within a 30km radius) which form roost and feeding flocks.

    Some Wood Pigeon populations are migratory e.g. Scandanavian birds move to southern Europe when acorns are in short supply in the north. Whilst our flocks today may contain a few continental birds, I'm not aware of any significant influxes of Wood Pigeon from abroad in recent weeks and given the direction of movement today (mostly north) the evidence suggests they are local birds milling about...

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