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

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Flood

As I write this, rain has fallen without respite for 50 hours in Welshpool. The Severn is in major flood - the largest I have seen in July, and rivalling the worst of winter. Llyn Coed-y-Dinas has suffered a huge backflow from the Severn, with the car park flooding, and the gate well under water. Having waded to the hide, the sight of geese feeding on the tops of reeds, a single displaced Reed Warbler, the islands all but disappeared (with Black-Headed Gull nests under water), and these Great-Crested Grebe also displaced, the whole vista is pretty depressing.
Add to that, the effect on Swifts, which should just be hatching young, and the swallows and martins, plus the ground-nesters and it is going to be disastrous. More heavy rain is forecast for tonight and early tomorrow.
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6 comments:

  1. Kev Joynes12 June 2019 at 22:07

    Awful!

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  2. Nigel Davies14 June 2019 at 01:19

    We need the rain.

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  3. Chris. T.14 June 2019 at 10:30

    I assume that is a humorous comment. Five inches in four days, in June, has done so much damage to our wildlife, and indeed, to the lives of many people.

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  4. Nigel Davies21 June 2019 at 01:45

    Not humorous.

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  5. Mark W21 June 2019 at 08:41

    I agree Nigel - your comment was not remotely humorous - far from it

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  6. Nigel Davies22 June 2019 at 20:58

    I was being very serious when I said "We need the rain" ok.

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