Thanks to John Anderton for this portrait of a male Lesser Redpoll at Meifod last week. Lesser Redpoll is the species resident in the UK, while the larger, greyer Mealy Redpoll breeds on the continent but turns up in UK regularly, (but rarely in Wales). Latest migrant news (thanks to Tammy Stretton):  Grasshopper Warbler - 13 April, Welshpool   ..read more

Female Pied Flycatcher in Powis Park. Bottom end of carpark today 3pm. I am reasonbly positive i was first attracted to the female by a male but I couldnt lock onto it ..read more

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Telyn, the female from the Dyfi nest, with rainbow, 27 March. (She arrived after dark on 25 March).   Seren, the female just arrived on the original Clywedog nest, in snow, 28 March.  Many thanks to Emyr Evans and John Williams and their teams for the livestreams ..read more

 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

Ringed male Sparrowhawk in the garden this pm ..read more

 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

At last a male Brambling feeding in the garden. Male Blackcap in the garden too ..read more

  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

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