Notable Recent Sightings

01/10 Glossy Ibis 1, photo'd by Osprey camera at Cors Dyfi
17/09 Grey Phalarope 1 juv, Red Ridge Centre, Cefn Coch, photo'd
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

Saturday, March 19, 2016

MWT Bird Group
Talks for 2016-2017
Members and Non-Members Welcome
7.30pm, Wednesdays
Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Welshpool
Entry £2.50, refreshments included

16 Mch 16
Peter Boyer - Whixall Moss
20 Apr 16
Tammy Stretton – Servant of the Snake & Little Chicken of the Summer – An exploration of Montgomeryshire’s airborne jewels
21 Sept 16
Simon Boyes – A Voyage to the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica
19 Oct 16
Kelvin Jones - New technology and how it's really teaching us things
16 Nov 16
Graham Wren – 40 years on the Farne Islands
21 Dec 16
Jim Almond – Close to the edge with Wild Peregrines
18 Jan 17
Colin McShane – Birding northernmost Norway & establishing a bird observatory
15 Feb 17
Dr. Anne Brenchley - Birds of the Pantanal
15 Mar 17
Tba – Spring Migration
19 Apr 17
Tba
For more information or to be added to emailing list, contact
Email mwtbirdgroup@gmail.com, Tel 01938 554125; Mobile 07592 438926
If you have no email, send SAE to
Ken Gascoigne, 4 Cefn Hawys, Red Bank, Welshpool, SY21 7RH and ask for “Talks for 2016-2017”


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