Notable Recent Sightings

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

Monday, August 16, 2021

Juvenile Cuckoo at Berriew

Many thanks to Tim Ward, for this great photo of a fledged juvenile Cuckoo by the canal near Berriew yesterday. It is probably already on its migration, and is no proof of local breeding. Young Cuckoos never meet their parents (which will already have left the country), and will have to negotiate their hazardous flight across the Sahara with no guidance other than instinct.

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