Great White Egret - Kev Joynes
Citrine Wagtail - Keith Noble
Black-tailed Godwit - Phil Sims
Great Grey Shrike - Steve Wilce
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!
Brecknock Bird News by Andrew King, County Bird Recorder (andrew.king53[at]virgin.net)
Summer Atlas 2008 - final phase this summer.
There has been excellent progress with tetrad visits (TTV)with most observers placing results straight onto the BTO website (www.bto.atlas). Over 80 tetrads done in the first period of summer Atlas, closely matches the TTV's done last winter. Excellent start to this 4-year project, and Breconshire is up amongst the best recorded counties in Wales. THANKS to all those contributing this year. For those of you with a more casual interest - you too can take part by submitting 'Roving Records'. These are particularly important if we are to map the presence of breeding species across Breconshire. So - if you have young Blackbirds now squawking in your garden hedge, or need to rescue a young Finch from the roadside, or Swifts screaming round the village chapel, PLEASE make a return and contribute to the Atlas. Both John Lloyd and myself have manual recording sheets if you prefer to do it that way. Thankyou for your involvement.
Request for Butterfly data
With my Butterfly recorder hat on!! - several Atlas contributors have asked if they should record presence/absence of Butterfly species in their tetrad. Definitely a good idea - whilst birds are the main target, please make a note of what species you encounter at tetrad scale, with a vague idea of numbers, and let me know at the end of the season. Grateful for any help you can give.
Andrew King - Breconshire Butterfly Recorder.
Breconshire Bird Report 2007.
The latest 2007 report will hopefully be published in September 2008.
The 2006 report and back copies are available through the publisher, Brecknock Wildlife Trust. Pleae contact BWT at the address below should you require a copy;
Brecknock Wildlife Trust, Lion House, Bethel Square, BRECON. LD3 7AY. (Tel: 01874 610552)
Most recent sighting... (See all sightings)
Added by: Mark Waldron on Wed 6th August 08, 09:44am
Sighting location: Llangorse Lkae. Sighting date: 6.8.2008
1 adult Herring Gull perched on a bouy and a single Dunlin still in summer plumage. Also 2 lapwing, 3 GC Grebe, 96 Mute Swan + 4/2, 4+2 Barnacle but only 9 Canada's.
Added by: Andrew King on Tue 5th August 08, 11:31pm
Sighting location: Llangasty, Llangorse Lake. Sighting date: 5th August
At 7.pm tonight, 4 Common Tern and a Little Egret.