We are obviously having a good winter for Bramblings, (see Tony Cross's information on Ruffled Feathers), and I have ringed about a hundred in my garden.
Yesterday, I caught my first foreign-ringed bird this winter, from Belgium, and today, my first "pea throat" - a female. (Thank you, Tony, I had never heard of them!)
However, if you would like to follow this link, you will probably be amazed!
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Mega_flock_of_5_Million_Brambling_in_Slovenia.aspx?s_id=1071675954
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 |
See Sightings Archive for older records |
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Had a look at some of my Brambling images and found that I have photographed “pea throats” on two different dates, 12th and 21st February 2017. Both males.
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