Recent reports

 28 Oct    Great Grey Shrike, 1    Lake Vyrnwy, by RSPB Office

30 Oct     Great Grey Shrike, 1    Lake Vyrnwy, Eunant: perhaps the same bird. Also 1 Ring Ouzel

30 Oct     Mandarin Duck, 31      Lake Vyrnwy, west end

1 Nov      Great Grey Shrike, 1    Gregynog, Middle Cottage along drive

1 Nov      Short-eared Owl, 1       Cefn Coch Wind-farm      

4 Nov      Woodcock, 1                Lake Vyrnwy, first record received this season

7 Nov      Hawfinch, a few           Lake Vyrnwy, southwest side of lake in beeches; + Bramblings

7 Nov      Barnacle Goose, 1       Llyn Coed-y-Dinas, with Canada Geese, still there on 9th

9 Nov      Hen Harrier, 1              Cors Dyfi, + Water Rail and Otter

9 Nov      Pintail, 7                      Llyn Coed-y-Dinas, + 25 Wigeon and Water Rail

11 Nov    Golden Plover, 5          Cefn Coch Wind-farm

Many thanks to RSPB staff Gethin Elias and Sam Sharpe, Simon Spencer, Claire Labrum, Sam Tolhurst, Stephen Caunt, Mark Wilson, Dulcie Fairweather, Paul Davies and Tony Coatsworth for these reports. Extra thanks for the photos: Barnacle Goose by Mark Wilson and Pintail by Paul Davies.  

 

With so many good records recently from Lake Vyrnwy, all are invited to an illustrated talk by Sam Sharpe (RSPB Conservation Monitoring Officer), entitled Lake Vyrnwy and the RSPB, at Welshpool Methodist Hall, at 7.30 pm on Wednesday, 20 November. The full programme of the MWT Bird Group can be found here, by clicking the tab marked Bird Group at the top of the page.