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Entry added by: Griff on Sat 22nd January 11, 08:58pm Sighting location: Cathedine - 1938. Sighting date: 22/01/11
I read in “The Birds of Breconshire” published by Wilfred Neill Phillips of Cathedine, in 1948, that there was a Golden Eagle with young above Cathedine. Also in 1938 one had been shot in Tretower. There were sightings in Llangynidr, Grwyne Fawr and Llanigon the author said that it was thought the Eagle was on the increase ! I wonder if there are other records and when they disappeared.

Entry added by: Keith Noble on Sat 22nd January 11, 04:15pm Sighting location: Brecon town recycling site. Sighting date: 22/01/11
A V of 10 large birds with long thin necks flew steadily west over brecon at 1555, with slow steady wing-beats. I did not have bins and could not identify them, not herons or cormorants, swans? (but I would not rule out cranes!???)

Entry added by: David Hunt on Sat 22nd January 11, 12:21pm Sighting location: Llangattock. (SO222170) Sighting date: 22/02/11
12.30AM 22/1/11 Barn Owl flew across A4077 as we drove past Dan Y Parc

Entry added by: Louis Macdonald-Ames on Fri 21st January 11, 09:07am Sighting location: Glasbury. Sighting date: 20/01/11
L Egret x 1

Entry added by: Mark Waldron on Wed 19th January 11, 07:02pm Sighting location: Ffordd Fawr, Glasbury. (SO185397) Sighting date: 19/01/11
The family party of 5 Whooper Swan (4 adult 1 juv) that have been at Clyro since December have moved up river to Ffordd Fawr, seen with 62 Mute Swan feeding on the Brecknock side.

Entry added by: Andrew King on Mon 17th January 11, 05:09pm Sighting location: Llangorse Lake. Sighting date: 17/01/11
Apart from a wet hour at dusk last night counting 3400 Herring Gulls into roost at Pontsticill Res, WeBS counts were postponed until today. Very little at Talybont Resevoir. Llangorse better, included 10 GCGrebe, 49 Mute Swan, 280 Canadas, 250 Wigeon, 28 Pochard, 195 Tufteds, 48 Goldeneye, 47 Goosander, 470 Coot, and single Lapwing, Y-L Gull and GBBGull. No Kingfisher and only one Water Rail might be a legacy of the severe weather, but at least one Cettis and several Wren were present in the reeds.

Entry added by: Lois Morgan on Sat 15th January 11, 02:53pm Sighting location: Llangattock, Crickhowell. Sighting date: 15/01/11
1 Merlin. Seen in Garden at 9am.

Entry added by: Andrew King on Thu 13th January 11, 05:53pm Sighting location: Talgarth & Llanigon. Sighting date: 13/01/11
21 Lapwing on winter corn at Gt Porthamel viewable off the Talgarth to Three Cocks road. I assume they are the dispaced Llanigon population as I saw none in that parish on TTV counts today. TTV highlights were a flock of 10 Bullfinch, 2 Marsh Tit, 21 Goosander, Sparrowhawk, 18 Stock Dove and a Dipper high up the Cilonw Brook by Old House. Only one each of Wren and Goldcrest.

Entry added by: Gareth Rees on Tue 11th January 11, 09:50pm Sighting location: Wales. Sighting date: 11/01/11
Following recent posts mentioning possible Pine Marten records in central Wales there was an interesting article in today's Independent on the PM (available online). The article mentions the Vincent Wildlife Trust who seem to acknowledge small PM populations in Snowdonia and Carmarthen.

Entry added by: Steve Wilce on Sun 9th January 11, 11:30am Sighting location: Mynydd Illtydd. Sighting date: 08/01/11
In a flock of around 100 birds, mostly Chaffinch, there were around 15 to 20 Bramblings in a stubbly field on the road up to Mynydd Illtydd. Field is on the left hand side a couple of hundred yards past the Lime Fertiliser buildings.