MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
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Bird news from Montgomeryshire, Wales.
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
2d ago
I'm not aware of how widespread they are yet, but one, travelling at speed at 9am today, going NE over Red Bank, Welshpool ..read more
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
1w ago
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
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 List ..read more
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
1M ago
At last a male Brambling feeding in the garden. Male Blackcap in the garden too ..read more
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
1M ago
Many thanks to Steve Holloway for this photo and story: "Awoken by a loud thud around 0730 (on 17 Feb). Found this Little one on the patio. I stayed guard to keep the local cats away. After about 10 mins it gave me a huge stare and promptly flew off low over the hedge and adjoining fields."
Sadly Little Owls are a county rarity these days, following a steady decline since 1990. At least this one chose the best house in the neighbourhood to crash into!
A report of 12 Bewick's Swans at Llyn Coed-y-Dinas on 17 Feb turned out to be the white geese grazing on the next field, which Chris Tow ..read more
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
1M ago
In Chris’s last post from LCyD, there is a photo of a colour-ringed Lapwing. This Lapwing (White LX) was ringed on the 12th April 2023 just north of Llanbadarn Fynydd, by the mid wales ringing group. It’s the first sighting of this individual since it was ringed.
We started colour-ringing Lapwings in the winter of 2017 to try and understand where the mid Wales population was disappearing too. Despite there being some good sized flocks of Lapwings around the Welshpool area in the winter months, finding them during the breeding season in mid wales can be very tricky. The idea behind colour-ringi ..read more
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
1M ago
The 3 Barnacle Geese were still present today, as well as 64 Lapwing, 1 Great Egret, 40+ Wigeon, 8 Snipe, and 20 Tufted Duck ..read more
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
1M ago
Male Brambling ferding in garden Bwlch y cibau, near Welshpool, confirmed by photo 31/1/24 ..read more
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
2M ago
This wonderful image of a Short-eared Owl in its winter habitat was captured by the RSPB's remote camera on 11 Dec 2023, at 3.18 pm (if the camera clock is correct!) Many thanks to Sam Sharpe for the photo ..read more
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
2M ago
Since their first arrival in early December Mid Wales Ringing Group have managed to colour-ring a total of 60 different Waxwings at a couple of locations in Newtown, primarily the College. The first group of ca. 67 max seemed to move off in early January when there was a short break in sightings and then an additional group of a similar size (55 max?) reappeared but these were seen to be largely unringed (and most remained so).
So where did the first bunch head off too? It may be very surprising to many to know that these groups of Waxwings are not that cohesive. Flocks split and splinter with ..read more