Notable Recent Sightings

10/01 White Stork 1, photo'd near Llansantffraid, still present 15 Jan
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

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Early Swift, and Well-Travelled Brambling.

A Swift was present for about 20 seconds at L. CyD this morning - I regard 20th April as an early date for this species.

Also ringing details of the Norwegian Brambling I controlled on 17th December 2012 have just been received. . On 10th September 2012 it was ringed as a first winter male at Dividalen, about 50 miles south of Tromso, well within the Arctic Circle. The ringer's comment was that the bird was on passage as Brambling do not breed or winter in that area. It had travelled 2148 kms to Welshpool, and rather interestingly I re-caught it on 14th March this year as well. Still Brambling in the garden this week, and a total of 180 of them ringed from the first on 16th November and probably the last on 18th April.
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  1. Anonymous21 April 2013 at 15:40

    You're just getting greedy Chris with all those Brambling - and here's me being happy with a couple from time to time!! Interested in any recovery details for the birds you ringed - are they all part of a large flock that goes back to the same part of Scandinavia or do they disperse? Great to hear a Swift around - early though

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