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Sightings 7451 to 7457 of 7457.

Entry added by: Andrew King on Sun 24th January 10, 08:41pm Sighting location: Llanelieu, Talgarth 2hr TTV. Sighting date: 23/01/10
24 spp found spending some time in all the main habitats on the tetrad. Best were Treecreeper, Siskin, pr Marsh Tit, pr Mallard - and where the farmer feeds whole grains to sheep 170 Jackdaw, 30 CCrow, 10 Rook, 9 Stock Dove, 40 Chaffinch and 20 Yellowhammer. Finally it was all tears as what looked like the male Peregrine from a Bl Mtns territory ousted a juvenile female (his own 2009 daughter??) by mobbing, screaming and chasing her for 3-4 miles way north into Radnorshire. Byeee.

Entry added by: Mike Warburton on Sun 24th January 10, 03:04pm Sighting location: Craig Y Cilau. Sighting date: 24/01/10
A pair of Dipper in courtship behaviour on the river.First time I have seen this species here.

Entry added by: Mark Waldron on Sun 24th January 10, 02:03pm Sighting location: Silver Street, Brecon. Sighting date: 24/01/10
3 Redpoll feeding in birch by Mason's Row.

Entry added by: Mike Warburton,Bethan Warburton,Gary Howells,Alan Coles on Sat 23rd January 10, 08:18pm Sighting location: Erwood/Llaneglwys. Sighting date: 23/01/10
A flock of between 30 and 40 Brambling on the road between Erwood and Llaneglwys at 4pm this afternoon.

Entry added by: John Harper on Sat 23rd January 10, 08:08pm Sighting location: Tetrad SO22Q = Grwyne Fawr behind Sugarloaf and Partrishow Hill. Sighting date: 23/01/10
1st hour in the valley produced 21 spp but an odd mix - no thrushes apart from Blackbirds; no Wrens; plenty of Blue and Great Tits but no Long-tails and no Goldcrests; plenty of noisy corvids. . . . 2nd hour climbed Partrishow Hill to 500m to get the moorland birds except that there were few - only 10 spp - but 4 not seen down below. . . . I was hoping for a Bunting in the snowfields but no joy; I thought I heard Grouse but realised it was just my heartbeat reacting with my rasping breath - quite a realistic sound-a-like ! . . . I do wonder at the sense of trying to cover all habitats in 2 hours when the 2nd hour is unproductive and dilutes the average numbers for 2 hours; if I spent 2 hours in the valley I could double my numbers and no one would know as there is no facility to record what habitats one tried to cover.

Entry added by: Llwyn-onn Ranger Service on Sat 23rd January 10, 12:58pm Sighting location: Usk Reservoir. Sighting date: 23/01/10
Great Grey Shrike showing well near recent clearfell at NW bank of reservoir at 1045, though mobile.

Entry added by: Mark Waldron on Sat 23rd January 10, 12:04pm Sighting location: Llangorse Lake. Sighting date: 23/01/10
13 Pink-footed Geese were still on the lake at 11.45 this morning and were behind Llangasty Church at 16.15. Also at the lake singles of GBB and YL Gull and 4 Snipe.

Entry added by: Mark Waldron on Fri 22nd January 10, 10:07pm Sighting location: Mynydd Fforest. Sighting date: 22/01/10
2 Golden Plover in the usual roosting spot on Mynydd Fforest.

Entry added by: Mark Waldron on Fri 22nd January 10, 08:43pm Sighting location: Brecfa Pool / Felinfach/ Talybont Res.. Sighting date: 22/01/10
At Brecfa Pool 5 Teal and 70 Fieldfare. A Kestrel was on Pontybat Farm along the A470 near Felinfach (SO114339). At Talybont Reservoir 2 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 12 Tufted, 2 Pochard, 3 Goldeneye, 11 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 4 Goosander and 4 Cormorant.

Entry added by: Andy Davis on Fri 22nd January 10, 08:14pm Sighting location: Usk res.. Sighting date: 22/01/10
2 flocks of Redwing , around 250 in each flew west into Carmarthenshire. 11am.