As many (if not all) of you know, Waxwings are once again gracing us with thier presence this winter, and thier numbers look as if they will increase over the coming weeks/months (should the berry crop hold out?). So far in Monts they have been seen at:
Newtown College
30+ (several obs) feeding on berries on and around the college, plus another 40+ (via Phil) seen flying over.
Welshpool
31(via birdguides) by The Flash Leisure Centre at c.SJ224075 mid-afternoon.
Dolydd Hafren
Flock (via Edward) seen flying south towards Newtown.
No doubt there are several other flocks around, it's just a matter of finding them. Other places worth checking out are Tregynon, Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Pwll Penarth, Garthmyl, Llanidloes, Castle Caereinion, Pool Quay and Llanermynech as they have all had previous sitings of Waxwings over the years, or just anywhere where there are berries!
If anyone does find some Waxwings and wants to put the news on the blog but cant, please don't hesitate to contact me, and I'll try my best ot put the news out.
Happy Birding
Paul Leafe
Montgomeryshire County Bird Recorder
Thank you Paul, I will try to make an up date tomorrow on any Welshpool sightings, toether with any decent numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare.
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There was a large flock of large thrush like birds at the side of the river Severn at the Lakeside restaurant in Garthmyl last week. They were too far away for me to be positive but I suspect they were Fieldfare, too big to be thrushes and there must have been 30 - 40 of them.
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