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

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Lake Vyrnwy 18/05/2019

Spent a few hours at the centenary hide with the Pied Flycatchers showing very well. Plenty of singing and feeding going on. Male Mandarin showed for a couple of minutes before flying off. A Mallard and her six ducklings were feeding on the periphery of the pool when all of a sudden this beautiful Otter burst out of the reeds in pursuit of them. Mum flew off and the Otter chased the ducklings across the water. I couldn't see what happened when the Otter caught up with them, but I couldn't hear them at all in the hours that followed. The picture doesn't do it any justice but it was an incredible thing to watch. Nature in its most raw and visceral.




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