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

Sunday, January 01, 2017

More Bramblings

After a month when I have just had the occasional Brambling in the garden, today I managed to catch and ring 10. The 11th was already ringed, (a control), and to my surprise was a bird which I had ringed here in December 2013 - so 3 years and a few days later it was back in Welshpool. Reviewing my previous foreign controls I have had birds from/to Denmark, Holland and Norway, so I think this bird has probably crossed the North Sea 7 times. When first caught it was a first winter female, and now is in its fourth winter.
I attach a photo of one of the males from today.

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  1. BRIAN POLLARD1 January 2017 at 22:48

    Neither of the two Brambling in our garden were ringed Chris, although that could change if your birds were ringed today. I have had a ringed female Greenfinch but the photo doesn't show any details.

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