Notable Recent Sightings

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

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Latest migrant news: Swallow, Osprey and Cuckoo!


 Photo: Sparrowhawk at Mochdre, 15 March by Dave Lister - thanks Dave!

Early migrants:

Chiffchaff - big influxes on 14th and 18th March reported widely

Sand Martin - 3 at Dolydd Hafren on 18 March

Tree Pipit - 1 singing at Welshpool Golf Club on 18 March - this is especially early

Wheatear - 1 at Lake Vyrnwy on 18 March

Swallow - 1 over Llangurig on 19 March at 1600 

Osprey - 1 over Llandinam on 20 March a.m., heading upstream

Blackcap - 1 at Newtown College on 20 March, a.m.

Willow Warbler - 1 above Llanfair Caereinion on 22 Mar

Cuckoo - 1 Dolanog, on 23 Mar a.m.

Late migrants:

Brambling - 2 in a Meifod garden on 14 March

Waxwing - 6 at Bwlch-y-Garreg on 17 March

Many thanks for all these records, especially to Kevin Gallagher, Tammy Stretton, James Tipping, Helen Anderton, Dave Lister, Tony Ware, Matt from Ceredigion, Luke Reynolds, Tony Coatsworth and Colin Griffin.  

Updated 0930, 23 March



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