Notable Recent Sightings

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

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Good feeding grounds take 2!

 
 
Spent about 15 very happy minutes watching 3 otters feeding/'playing' in the canal on the Wern this morning - do occasionally see a single otter, but have never been lucky enough to see more than one. Have some video footage (not good quality but definitely good enough as a record) which I've tried to download onto this post, but without success. If anyone more technologically minded can help, I'll have another go! (I've saved it in a folder in Documents and am trying to transfer it from there - maybe a different starting point?)
 
A male blackcap feeding in the garden too - not a bad morning!

11 comments:

  1. Three Otters, sounds perfect to me! Just wonderful to watch them. I'm sure there are a few Otter-holics on this blog that you've made very jealous, myself included!

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  2. It was pretty incredible - I'm still on a high!

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  3. Very nice Sue - yep dead jealous! On the upload front - when u create/edit a post if you look at the top of the input pane you'll see a wee button that looks like a clapperboard (a couple to the right of Link). That should allow you to upload video - no idea about formats but assume all of the standard formats are accepted. Good luck

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    1. Thanks Mark - I got that far this morning, and the message was that the video was being downloaded, but nothing actually happened! Tried it several times but with no success - think I'm just not cut out for technology!

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    2. Must have been great to watch! One way to upload videos is to create a youtube account. It's very simple once you're set up on there, then you can post the youtube video on the blog.

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    3. Thanks Paul. Had a quick look but a bit complicated for me! Also my videos are not brilliant quality as my camera just a small point and shoot job.

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  4. What a lovely sighting, Sue. Been a few good Otter spottings lately; take a look at my mammal blog:
    http://montymammals.blogspot.co.uk/
    Always a pleasure to see these fabulous animals.
    Tammy

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    1. Have just looked at your blog now Tammy - what fantastic photography - it makes me want a better camera, as a lot of my footage is of very mediocre/poor quality, and only a record for me really. I wonder whether they have super duper cameras.

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    1. It's about 4 miles North of Welshpool, due West of the Breidden hills, between the A483 and the B4392 - hope that helps Dan. It's marked on the 1:25000 OS map.

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