Black Tern there again all day but 1) no rest again in the 6+ hours I was there and b) always remaining distant, never coming any closer than the concrete platform and flying the same figure of eight pattern o even with the 600mm still squarely in record shot territory Amazed it's now spent two full days there - surely it can't make a 3rd can it? Reedbed dwellers now starting to get more confidence and showing particularly well
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 |
Thursday, May 09, 2019
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Nice set Mark
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