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

Monday, February 03, 2014

Ring-necked Parakeet August 2013

Whilst processing 2013 bird sightings, a New County Record has materialised.

A Ring-necked Parakeet pictured below in a Mochdre garden in August was perhaps disappointed to be surrounded by empty bird feeders, or maybe it has just emptied them itself... The species has colonised parts of south-east Britain and is moving northwards.



This record illustrates the benefit of sending bird sightings to the county recorder e.g. to enable population monitoring. If anyone has any sightings from 2013 that have not yet been submitted to me for the county record, please do so before the end of February for inclusion in the 2013 County Bird Report (e.g. by using BTO Birdtrack or other methods noted in the right-hand column above)

The County List has also been updated (see Downloads section of right-hand column above).

4 comments:

  1. I can't see if the bird has a ring, but, of course, this species is commonly kept in captivity. Perhaps the observer has more information, and I'm pleased I'm not adjudicating the provenance of the record. (The Twickenham roost has had up to 10,000 birds and they rule the bird-feeders and nest holes wherever they ply their noisy trade). I did not submit the Cockatiel in my garden last summer!!

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  2. Yes Chris, you're quite right, there was more sighting info. The bird was unringed and easily spooked. Consequently I've accepted the species to the County List as Category D, an 'introduced species thought not to have self-sustaining population in Montgomeryshire (although may have elsewhere) or possible vagrants which also have a high escape potential'.

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  3. Full marks to the observer for getting photographic evidence - a credit too him/her. With breeding populations on the Wirral and around Birmingham, we may well get more records in the future, given that they tend to frequent bird tables.

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