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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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Thursday, December 09, 2021

Woodcock in Middletown




One of our camera traps at home picked up this Woodcock, feeding at midday on 2 Dec (not 12 Feb!) by the stream that forms the border with Shropshire. I hope the video works for all viewers. I am interested in its open bill behaviour. Thanks to Clare for maintaining the cameras and processing the video.

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3 comments:

  1. Mark W10 December 2021 at 16:43

    Very nice - 'our' side of the border I assume?? Last one I saw was skulking in the undergrowth at Titchwell a couple of years ago - round here, I cant remember when!

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  2. Simon Boyes10 December 2021 at 18:15

    Aargh, I've been caught out. It's on the English bank, but I defy it to have got there without passing through Monts airspace!

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  3. Mark W10 December 2021 at 18:25

    Haha - no doubt Simon! Same up on the Ridgeway with birds criss-crossing the border all the time - those Crossbill for example, the puddle is 30 yds on the Welsh side of the border

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