Great White Egret - Kev Joynes
Citrine Wagtail - Keith Noble
Black-tailed Godwit - Phil Sims
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Current Sightings
Below are all sightings recorded on this website. The newest sighting is displayed first, there are ten sightings per page. We would love to hear your bird sightings - whether common or more unusual - click here to add a sighting.
Entry 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.
Entry 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.
Entry added by: Steve Jones on Tue 5th August 08, 09:59pm
Sighting location: Llanwrthwl SN969625. Sighting date: August 5th 2008
Stonechat 8 (6 juvs), Whinchat 3 (1 juv), Tree Pipit 7 mostly juvs but at least one adult, Willow Warbler, Redpoll and 2 Redstart all in a very small patch opposite the house at Penrhos.
Entry added by: Keith Noble on Tue 5th August 08, 09:39pm
Sighting location: Brecon. Sighting date: 4 and 5 August 2008
Yesterday I noticed that a juvenile among 56 Black-headed Gulls in the Show Field was ringed. Could not read the large ring but grabbed a photo and sent it to Cotswold Water Park. Gareth Harris has replied that it looks like one of theirs - white ring with black number, letter, number, number. Also today and yesterday Kingfisher and Hobby
Entry added by: Andy Davis on Mon 4th August 08, 04:01pm
Sighting location: western Brecknockshire. Sighting date: 4th August 2008
A real change in the habits/habitats of western upland Brecknockshire. Over the last 18-24 months Gulls have become a common sight whereas prior they were rarely seen. Between 2001 & 2003 I didn't see a single Gull in this area .......... the area being Eppynt, Mynydd Mydfai, Usk Res, Crai Res, Glasfynydd......... Recently there have been up to 200 in just one flock, feeding on fields during the day, particularly around the slopes of the Eppynt, and roosting on the water of the 2 reservoirs........ This seems to be having a negative affect on the indigenous bird population with Red Kites, Buzzards and Ravens becoming scarecer....The Gulls, particularly the yellow legged and lesser black backed attack these birds with a ferocity that can leave individuals with injuries.
...... i don't know the reason for their sudden appearence, it started late 2006 when a pair of LBB gulls stayed permanently at the Usk res.......It may well be affecting other birds too, particularly ground nesting ones like the meadow pipit & curlew.
Could it be because of the open lanfill site at Dowlais which coincides which started to be used at the same time?
Entry added by: Keith Noble on Sun 3rd August 08, 10:47pm
Sighting location: Glasbury and Brechfa. Sighting date: 3 August 2008
North of Glasbury, one Green Sandpiper, a Kingfisher and a Wigeon with 100+ Mallard. At Brechfa only 2 Tufted ducklings left, 2 Teal, 21 Lapwing
Entry added by: Paul Leafe on Sun 3rd August 08, 05:12pm
Sighting location: Llangorse Lake / Llangasty Point. Sighting date: 03-08-08
1 adult Little Egret, 3 Cormorants, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Greylag, 6 Barnacle Geese, 23 Lapwaings, 2 Oystercatchers, 3 Snipe and 12 Common Sandpipers.
Entry added by: Andrew King on Sat 2nd August 08, 08:53pm
Sighting location: Tack Wood/Hay Bluff. Sighting date: Saturday 2nd August
4 Crossbills in the wood, and 2 Kestrel, 4 Buzzard and a Red Kite on the ridge. Otherwise quiet.
Entry added by: Andy Davis on Fri 1st August 08, 09:50pm
Sighting location: Usk res. Sighting date: 1st August 2008
Just to comment on a behaviour I haven't observed before, a pair of Swallows stayed montionless, like a kestrel, above the dam wall for minutes at a time, only to swoop around and regain the same flight. The wind was gusting to near 40mph with a mean of over 25mph and I guess they were feeding on flies swept up off the surface of the lake.
Entry added by: Keith Noble on Fri 1st August 08, 05:47pm
Sighting location: Llangasty. Sighting date: 1 August 2008
One Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Lapwing, 2 Herring, 2 GBB, 30 LBB, 40 B-h'd, Gulls, but no terns.