Bob Griffiths - Short-eared Owl
Keith Noble - Peregrine
Keith Noble - Cormorant
Keith Noble - Iceland Gull
Mike Williams - Red Kite
Goshawk - Mike Warburton
Yellowhammer - Jeff Slocombe
Kingfisher - Mike Williams
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Entry added by: Andrew King on Fri 15th July 11, 10:08am
Sighting location: Llangasty. Sighting date: 15/07/11
Brief visit this AM. 148 Mute Swan included two ringed birds - see 'Ringing Page'. Also a juv Black Tern over the western lily-pads - not quite the earliest return date but a good fortnight ahead of the usual passage period.
Entry added by: John Harper on Thu 14th July 11, 06:38pm
Sighting location: SO21N. Sighting date: 13/07/11
Last BBS in this tetrad produced 37 spp. Mum and 4 juv Goosander swam across and down the river (Usk) from modern Monmouthshire to Powys and from vc42 to vc35 precisely. Common Sandpiper still present at the Glangrwyney Bend but quiet; also a Kingfisher flew through both sets of counties as for Goosander. Perhaps most interesting were 3 Sand Martins flying to an obvious monolony - a colony (>2 birds) but with only one tunnel showing a good deal of whitewash - in vc42 but also in modern Monmouthshire. Work that out ! They were also there on 4th May but I thought they were just beating up and down a good foodpatch. What was very striking was the apparent absence of several common species as they were no longer singing or otherwise showing themselves.
Entry added by: Keith Noble on Wed 13th July 11, 09:40am
Sighting location: Brechfa Pool. Sighting date: 10/07/11
Re Andy's comment on Black-headed Gulls, at Brechfa on Sunday there were15 quite young brown-and white gulls with 13 adults. Where did they nest? Also 2 pairs of 'Shelducks', the Lapwing chick still there with parents and a Teal.
Entry added by: Andrew King on Tue 12th July 11, 11:20pm
Sighting location: Llangorse Lake. Sighting date: 12/07/11
Dusk visit found 1000+ pre-roost Sand Martin and a couple of Swift, 150+ Mute Swan, 400+ Canada Geese, Kestrel. Two juv BH Gull with 15 adults must have come from somewhere other than Brechfa Pool where the colony failed early.
Entry added by: Griff on Tue 12th July 11, 09:05pm
Sighting location: Brynach Bridge. Sighting date: 12/07/11
Two Grey Wagtails,a young Dipper and an adult, two young Willow Warblers and a Kingfisher heading down stream with a fish in its mouth.
Entry added by: Mark Waldron on Tue 12th July 11, 08:03pm
Sighting location: Cantref / Beacons Res.. Sighting date: 12/07/11
Having had two failed nesting atempts it was nice to see an adult GC Grebe carrying 2-3 stripy young at the north end of Cantref Res tonight. 4 adults were also on Beacons Res.
Entry added by: Andrew King on Mon 11th July 11, 08:57pm
Sighting location: Moelfre and Cilmery area, Builth. Sighting date: 11/07/11
40 and 30 species in two TTV Atlas visits today. On Moelfre Hill saw family parties of Stonechat (2), M Pipit, Linnet, and a singing Yellowhammer. Along the Irfon Valley nr Cilmery found single Wood Warbler and male Cuckoo, pr Stock Dove in an ash-tree nest-hole, and families of Mute Swan, Little Grebe, Moorhen, Jay, Redstart, Pied Fly, Siskin, Bullfinch and Blue/Coal Tits. Pairs of Sp Fly at two sites. Eleven species of butterfly too, and one Chimney Sweeper day-flying moth.
Entry added by: Andrew Dally on Mon 11th July 11, 07:31pm
Sighting location: Nr Llangammarch Wells. Sighting date: 11/07/11
Adult & juvenile Green Woodpecker
Entry added by: Andrew Dally on Mon 11th July 11, 07:30pm
Sighting location: Garth Bank. Sighting date: 08/07/11
Noisy party of c40 Crossbill
Entry added by: Bryan Jones on Sun 10th July 11, 07:26pm
Sighting location: Cynala. Sighting date: 10/07/11
4prs.have fledged their young in the area,with 5 more prs. with young to fledge in the next few days. Family parties of Linnet and willow warblers visiting garden at present. Also 2 families of G.S.Woodies with 3 and 4 young, which makes some interesting entertainment!!