A walk around the Beacon Ring was enlivened by a good flock of 30-40 Meadow Pipits flying purposefully north at 2-300 feet.
Still 5 Brambling occasionally visiting sunflower feeder in the garden, and a Blackcap briefly in song.
| 20/04 | Whimbrel | 1, Dolydd Hafren |
| 12/04 | Black-necked Grebe | 1, in breeding plumage, Llyn Coed-y-Dinas |
| 10/01 | White Stork | 1, photo'd near Llansantffraid, present up to 28 Feb |
| 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 |
See Sightings Archive for older records |
We have a small device we put out most nights in the hopes of recording "Nocmig." Reports from elsewhere in UK are picking up Common Scoter migrating (typically a Bullfinch-like piping and audible wing-beats). No luck with that yet, but often Moorhen and occasionally Coot.
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