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: Gareth Rees on Sat 23rd April 11, 05:17pm
Sighting location: SN92A. Sighting date: 23/04/11
SN92A has only received minimal breeding season Atlas coverage and I set out to change this today. A 3 hour visit produced 17 species including Willow Warbler, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Goldcrest, Skylark (22), Meadow Pipit (43). The only Wheatears recorded were Greenland types well away from suitable nest sites (A Wheatear territory was picked up on a previous visit however). Lepidoptera action was 5 Green Hairstreak and 5 Emperor Moths trying to mate with a female with damaged wings. Many more Emperor Moths were on the wing throughout the survey.
Entry added by: Mark Waldron on Sat 23rd April 11, 01:37pm
Sighting location: Felinfach. Sighting date: 22/04/11
A passage Sedge Warbler was seen singing from a hedgerow in the village yesterday lunch time.
Entry added by: Rob Thomas on Fri 22nd April 11, 09:16pm
Sighting location: Eppynt & Pwllgloyw. Sighting date: 21/04/11
1 curlew on the Eppynt just off the Builth to Brecon road. At Coed y Wern, Pwllgloyw, birds on territories included 5 singing redstarts, 1 tree pipit, 2 linnets, but no pied flys so far. Also fly-pasts from 2 kites, sparrowhawk and 2 redpoll.
Entry added by: Gareth Rees on Fri 22nd April 11, 06:08pm
Sighting location: Nant Cnewr Fach. Sighting date: 22/04/11
Driving the Senni - Crai reservoir road this afternoon and noticed a falcon fly low over the road. I stopped the car and was treated to close fly pasts of a Hobby successfully hawking insects. By the time I had got the camera out is disappeared completely but I then heard the call of a Curlew!. I walked up the slope and a pair flew further up the field. On the way back a Snipe flushed out of a slow stream and appeared to display as it flew back to cover,
Entry added by: John Lloyd on Fri 22nd April 11, 03:03pm
Sighting location: SN8840/8839/8638/8637. Sighting date: 22/04/11
I fell flat on my face whilst BBSing in a bog and dislodged a Snipe! I found 3 Reed Buntings scattered around the Tirabad end of the range this morning- they seem to be more common than previously in the hills- more surviving winter at garden feeders? Otherwise lots of Skylarks and Willow Warblers, a couple of Whinchat, a singing Lesser Redpoll at the rifle range and Whitethroat nearby.
Entry added by: Gareth Rees on Thu 21st April 11, 10:50pm
Sighting location: Pentrefelin. Sighting date: 21/04/11
2 male Tawny Owls calling near Cefn-rhosan-fach. Nearby at Glynmeddig a call was heard that I suspect was a Little Owl. The call was heard 3 times around 10.00 p.m. and was like that of a Buzzard but with a faster, harsher delivery. More investigation needed I think as this would be an outlier from the known, declining distribution/population.
Entry added by: Andrew King on Thu 21st April 11, 09:06pm
Sighting location: Bwlch - Crickhowell. Sighting date: 21/04/11
Back on the Atlas TTV trail today, access provided by Glanusk Estate. The park yielded a male Yellow Wagtail (presume migrant), 3 Goosander, Moorhen and 20+ new Sand Martin nest-holes. Myarth woodland had superb numbers of warblers in song - 15 Wood, 30 Willow, 9 Chiffchaff, 20 Blackcap but only 1 Garden Warbler.
Entry added by: Andrew Dally on Thu 21st April 11, 07:20pm
Sighting location: Crychan (Finger post). Sighting date: 21/04/11
Singing males (Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Siskin, Wren, Robin, Willow Warbler, Chiff Chaff, Blackcap & Tree Pipit) Also 4 Crossbill, 2 Jay, Bullfinch
Entry added by: John Lloyd on Thu 21st April 11, 09:21am
Sighting location: Cwm Chwefru. Sighting date: 20/04/11
BBS up the Chwefru Valley- Ring Ouzel singing from cliffs- harassed by Buzzard. This is the second year in 17 that ring ouzel have been recorded on this BBS.And that probably reflects the pattern of usage of these "outlying" sites by Ring ouzel. I don't do this BBS every year- I find others to do it but they don't stick so after a couple of years, I'm back doing it. Two new species this year- Reed Bunting (good) Canada Goose (not so good). But the major surprise was a Chaffinch nest with 2 eggs in an smallish patch of gorse at 1300 ft. This is rather early as was the nearby Skylark nest with 4 eggs.
Entry added by: Bryan jones on Wed 20th April 11, 07:57pm
Sighting location: Llanwrtyd/ Llangamarch area.. Sighting date: 20/04/11
6 H. Martins circling around house this p.m, first of the year. No Swifts at Llangamarch church as yet. Completed my rounds of c200 nest boxes today, and the most advanced of any box was N3 stage.