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Welcome to Brecknock Birds

Welcome to Brecknock Birds. This site has been set up to encourage interest in bird watching and ornithology in Brecknockshire.

This is a child friendly site and in common with other bird sightings websites, we appeal to contributors to put the birds first. Particularly for sensitive species, please can we ask that no reference is made to breeding sites or aspects of behaviour that would indicate breeding at a set locality in your postings. If in any doubt, then please contact Andrew King, Brecknock County Bird Recorder, first (email below). In view of this, any postings made that are deemed inappropriate will be removed by the moderators without warning or explanation. We hope these pages will build on our knowledge of birds rather than provide valuable information to those few people that may wish to target species for their own purposes.

The district of Brecknockshire covers approximately 500 square miles, stretching from Rhayader to Merthyr Tydfil, Ystradgynlais to Hay on Wye. We hope very much you enjoy bird watching here as much as we do and look forward to hearing about your bird sightings. Happy birding!

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Brecknock Bird News by Andrew King, County Bird Recorder (andrew.king53[at]virgin.net)

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BTO Atlas - Summer season 1st April to 31st July

We are now into the second summer of the BTO Atlas project. A great start was made last summer, almost 100 tetrads, so please can we all try to emulate that in 2009. I know a few surveyors that have done their 'home patch' in both winter and summer - and have not ventured further. I appeal to you in particular to do your next favourite walk and submit details to the Atlas. If we all do one or two TTV's this summer, then we can fill in those gaps!! Check availablilty of tetrads on the BTO website, and register directly through the website, or with John Lloyd (email below). THANKS.

In addition, please do not overlook the important element of submitting Roving Records - with breeding evidence codes if you are able. Placing records on this website does NOT automatically go forward to either the National or Local Atlas - I urge the observer to take responsibility for that.

Roving Records can either be submitted through the BTO Atlas website, or by requesting forms for manual completion from either John Lloyd (the_lloyds@dsl.pipex.com)or Andrew King (andrew.king53@virgin.net)

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2007 Breconshire Bird Report (published by Brecknock Wildlife Trust) - NOW ON SALE, price £5.
Available to personal callers at the BWT office in Brecon, or can be mailed out on addition of P&P costs.

Enquire at:
Brecknock Wildlife Trust, Lion House, Bethel Square, BRECON, Powys, LD3 7AY (telephone 01874 610552)

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Added by: John Lloyd on Wed 1st July 09, 09:51pm
Sighting location: Cwm Banw, Llanbedr. Sighting date: 1st July 2009
A long walk in the heat up one side of Cwm Banw and down the other. In SO22C a skylark nest with 4 eggs, In SO22B another with 3 young, a Mipit nest with 4 young, a male Kestrel hovering set a Red Grouse off. Also a Buzzard passed over the ridge

Added by: Keith Noble on Wed 1st July 09, 08:36pm
Sighting location: Brechfa Pool. Sighting date: 1 July 2009
The godwits were some way off shore until a couple and their saus - I mean Dachshund - walked past and the pair flew to the far bank. I was able to drive round the track and take pictures from the car window - see Gallery - before saus - Dachs - caught up. Although quite wary the birds would do one or two circuits before landing again.