Notable Recent Sightings

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
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

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Juv Black Tern LCyD

These pictures from this morning at LCyD - nice to see but feels like it's a bit early to me?  As far as id goes, thoughts welcome because I can't decide between the two!! EDIT - juv Black Tern confirmed. Blackcap also very active as was the, surprised to see, Sedge Warbler

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7 comments:

  1. Kev Joynes27 July 2019 at 17:51

    Nicely caught Mark...sorry , not a Tern expert!

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  2. Michele Becker27 July 2019 at 19:11

    Appears to have black cap, and dark breast-side patches a grey rump and does not have a forked tail.Could this be a juvenile Black Tern? I cannot think of another tern with those conspicuous breast-side patches.

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  3. Mark W28 July 2019 at 09:56

    Thanks Michele - that was my thinking. I don't tend to check pics that much when I'm taking them and had blithely assumed it was a 'Commic', but when got home and checked them on the iMac it was the 2nd pic in particular that made me pay a bit more attention, given the tail shape, dark patches and complete lack of any colour in the bill. Somewhat fancifully I also did wonder briefly whether it was white winged but those obvious breast patches kill that daft idea - so juv Black I think it is

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  4. Mark W28 July 2019 at 09:58

    Editted the post & title btw so this record isn't lost

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  5. Chris. T.28 July 2019 at 11:14

    Cracking shots Mark, and I agree that it's a Juv Black Tern. Having excluded White-Winged, the only confusion species would be American Black Tern, but in juvenile plumage that has grey flanks. I don't recall any July/Autumn records of juvenile Black- as you know we get the occasional adults in May. Would love to know where it hatched!

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  6. Mark W28 July 2019 at 11:32

    Thanks Chris - that's pretty much why I didn't even consider a Black Tern - spent most of its time as normal up the top left but occasionally came down within 40 yds or so, so the pics are heavy crops and took a bit of time to get. Any idea whether it's still around this morning? For info there was a Black Tern at Belvide yesterday but flew out east at around 0930 so they're clearly on the move

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  7. Mark W28 July 2019 at 11:36

    See from Birdguides bird still there this morning

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