Brecknock Bird News by Andrew King, County Bird Recorder

To note - after 16 years in its old format, this website is being updated and put onto a new & more secure server. We hope there will be no 'downtime' during this process. The new website was uploaded with no disruption to service on 7th April. There will now be a few weeks of updating texts and de-bugging as well as transfer to a new server - please bear with us during this process.  We are very grateful to Steve Goddard of Hay-on-Wye who originally designed and set-up this blog some 16 years ago, and has now carried out this upgrade. Thankyou Steve, your efforts are much appreciated.  [Added 9/4/24].

....................... 2022 edition of BRECONSHIRE BIRDS NOW AVAILABLE (20.12.23). 100-page edition priced at £8 (+£2 p&p if required) covers all species found in the county in 2022, the Llangors Lake Ringing Report and a full Gazeteer of birding sites. Currently available from the Editor- Andrew King on 07967 559787, and through sales at Llangors Shop, 'Visit Brecon' (Lion Yard, Brecon), the new Sustainable Tourism store (No 6, The Bulwark, Brecon), CRIC (Crickhowell High St), BBNP Mountain Centre (Libanus) and Talgarth TIC. 

........................REQUEST THROUGH RSPB SOMERSET: PLEASE LOOK OUT for Colour-ringed Gt White Egrets. RSPB reported a successful breeding season in Somerset with 54 active nests, 118 chicks hatched of which 16 in 9 nests have been colour-ringed. Any subsequent reports will help them understand dispersal across the UK. Thankyou. 

......................... Gallery page - if you have photographs of birds taken in Breconshire and would like to place them on our Gallery page. To be set up with a password, etc please email Andrew King on the email address above.

FOR THE ATTENTION OF ALL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS SITE. Users are reminded that sightings are placed on these pages on the understanding that they become publicly available. Sightings may be used by the Breconshire Records Committee for monthly summaries, annual reports and for adding records of sufficient interest to the County archive (subject to long-standing arrangements for rarity verification). Occasional downloads to Local Record Centres are made from the archive, with personal data extending only as far as the observer's name. Similarly, photos are placed on Gallery without extensive controls on further use on the internet, so contributors may wish to consider adoption of copyright inhibitors.