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

Sunday, June 02, 2024

Llyn Coed-y-Dinas hide open again

 After a frustrating period of closure, caused by waiting for NRW permissions to repair the broken culvert, the work is finished and the hide is open. Well done to MontsWT for making this happen! Visitors may expect to see a pair of Great Crested Grebe with a young chick, several Tufted Duck and Mute Swan, Oystercatcher incubating on the island, Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting. Also possible are egrets (Little, Great and Cattle all recently seen) but this year the Black-headed Gulls have not returned to nest (after last year's avian flu problems). 

Also today I spent the morning on Middletown Hill and Moel-y-Golfa, where a good haul of warblers included a few Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler and many Willow Warbler. The oak and beech woods still have 2 singing male Pied Flycatcher, several Redstart and 3 Tree Pipit on the edges of the wood. 

No comments:

Post a Comment