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

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Merlin and Llyn Coed-y-Dinas sightings

 

Many thanks to John Formstone, for this Merlin portrait, taken yesterday at the Tan y Foel Quarry near Cefn Coch. 

In other news, a Cetti's Warbler has been singing its explosive song in front of the hide at Llyn Coed-y-Dinas. Thanks to Luke Reynolds for reporting this on 16 Sep; on 17 Sep we (in the MWT work party) heard it again as we trimmed willows and raked the bank in front of the hide. This morning I flushed a Snipe from its favourite bank, and briefly saw a Kingfisher. I found an old Reed Warbler's nest while removing willows from the reedbed.  

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2 comments:

  1. Simon Boyes19 September 2024 at 08:47

    Cetti's Warbler: we believe this is a first record for Llyn Coed-y-Dinas.

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  2. Kev Joynes19 September 2024 at 11:59

    Well done indeed.

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