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
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, April 04, 2010

Dyfi Osprey Project


Wondrous news. As Chris Townsend, the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust chairman visited the project this morning, our female returned from her arduous African migration. As soon as Paul Leafe visited a couple of hours later, the male returned. You really need to visit more often lads!! It's days like today that really make the hair on your neck stand on end and the job satisfaction meter fly off out of scale. We were treated to a further two ospreys (at least) come and go up and down the Dyfi all day and as I write this evening the male osprey is eating its supper on his nest perch. I snapped the female as she passed over the hide at 3pm still clutching her plaice dinner. I try not to be presumptuous at this time of year, but it does look by now that these are not migratory birds passing through - I'll report developments during the week. Over 300 people visited the project on Easter Sunday - thanks to all that visited, volunteered or helped in any way today, I will remember this day, probably, until my time is up.

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