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

Friday, February 19, 2021

Heronries request

 I am updating a 2014 spreadsheet of heronries in Montgomeryshire, partly because I am keen to track the colonisation of egrets in heronries. Little Egrets have successfully nested at the Welshpool heronry, and I believe that Great Egrets will attempt nesting somewhere in the county soon. At present I know of only four heronries with regular observers: Welshpool, Glansevern Hall near Berriew, Llandinam, and Bryngwyn Hall at Bwlch-y-Cibau. Birds of Montgomeryshire (Holt & Williams, 2008) also mentions heronries at Llanwrin near Machynlleth, Carno, Aberbechan and near Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain. If anyone can help with more information or observing (lockdown permitting), please leave a comment here or email me at montbird@gmail.com 

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  1. Simon Boyes19 February 2021 at 18:34

    Sorry to hear of damage to the Welshpool heronry. The police may assure us that there is no damage, but I heard of 10 herons in the air together above the colony today. https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/19101340.dyfed-powys-police-no-evidence-herons-nest-damage/?fbclid=IwAR0rxv9t0m8HsU_DMWyAZxkrqJ4aEky9OAzVSNi4SWfuWjgV8evHIdiyomY

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