MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
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Bird news from Montgomeryshire, Wales.
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
2d ago
Thanks to Dave Lister for these two Little Owls yesterday near Guilsfield.
Latest migrant news:
Garden Warbler - 18 April, both Llanymynech and Dolydd Hafren
Reed Warbler - 18 April, Dolydd Hafren
Sedge Warbler - 19 April, Dolydd Hafren
Thanks to Tony Coatsworth and Kevin Gallagher for these records ..read more
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
2d ago
3 Pied Flycatcher (2 male, 1 female), 1 Pied Flycatcher, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, Siskin, Chaffinch, Mandarin, and Cormorant ..read more
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
1w ago
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
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MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
1w ago
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
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
3w ago
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
MONTGOMERYSHIRE BIRDS
1M 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
1M 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
2M ago
At last a male Brambling feeding in the garden. Male Blackcap in the garden too ..read more