Notable Recent Sightings

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

Friday, December 31, 2021

Recent reports and 2021 records

 A few recent reports from around the county include:

PINTAIL, 8 at Llyn Coed-y-Dinas on 14 Dec, and 5 at Dolydd Hafren on 27 Dec

SHOVELER, 5 at Lymore, Montgomery, on 19 Dec

EGYPTIAN GOOSE, 1 at Llyn Coed-y-Dinas, on 31 Dec

BRAMBLING, 'plenty' at Dolydd Hafren in the field between the two hides, 14 and 27 Dec

A free-flying drake Carolina (or Wood) Duck was also at Dolydd Hafren on 24 Dec. This may be the same bird that I saw at Llyn Coed-y-Dinas a few weeks back. 

THANKS to Jeny Heard,Will Ferguson and Kevin Gallagher for these records, and TO ALL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE BLOG, ESPECIALLY OUR WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHERS. 

Please send all your 2021 records to me at montbird@gmail.com  - though any that you put on Birdtrack or iRecord will come my way too for the next annual county report. Happy birding in 2022!  

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