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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
   
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Mutes on the Monts Canal

Yesterday Kelvin Jones and I checked most of the Montgomery Canal between Welshpool and Llanymynech for Mute Swan broods. We ringed 15 and missed 3 cygnets. Still a couple of sites to check but for the whole canal from Newtown to Llanymynech I have so far recorded two pairs without cygnets then broods of 2,2,4,4,5,6,6 and 6. If anyone sees a brood of swans on the canal without rings I'd be very glad to hear. Also saw a few Kingfishers and a surprising number of Moorhens.
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  1. Phil and Caroline19 September 2013 at 23:54

    Hi Tony, There was a pair above the lock in Welshpool, only had 1 cygnet with them throughout the school hols.. However only seen 1 adult over the last week or so..

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