Notable Recent Sightings

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

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Collared Dove - a colonisation success story

Not remotely rare these days with around a million breeding pairs in the UK, but it's not that many years ago when seeing one was notable, with first breeding in the UK in the 1950's.  I do quite like them though, certainly preferable to my eyes to the ubiquitous pigeon.  Now if only we had more Turtle Dove - pic from Norfolk not Montgomeryshire sadly a couple of years ago attached for comparison (for info if anyone's over that way they've bred the last couple of years in the undergrowth surrounding the RSPB Titchwell car park!)
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  1. Chris. T.22 July 2020 at 16:33

    I share your sentiments. I remember the excitement in the 1950/60s as they spread to Lincolnshire where I grew up. My father worked for a wholesale seeds firm, and on their "Trial Grounds" new strains of swede/turnips were tested. Believe it or not the "Crow Scarers" with their loud banging were to frighten away the Turtle Doves, viewed as a pest! Flocks of 80-100 were a regular sight.

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