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

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Dyfi Osprey Project


After being single for most of the summer to date, it looks as if our female has found a mate. Or two!. For the past four days we have seen the Dyfi female with two other ospreys - it seems too early yet to attempt any kind of who's with who analysis but picture is looking good. We've been able to see two/three ospreys regularly from the hide and pick them up on the live cameras perching on various posts on the Dyfi. Good views have also been enjoyed from the Marian Mawr hide at Ynys Hir.
Other birds of note this week - Nightjars still churring, good views of cuckoos, lots of fledgings around including many Lesser Redpolls and a Kite mobbing an osprey over the reserve. Who'd have thought that a few years ago!

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