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Entry added by: Andy Davis on Tue 20th April 10, 08:35pm Sighting location: as before. Sighting date: 20/04/10
Thanks for your comment Bryan, It was around 100' away so I never had a clear sighting, it rose from undergrowth, flew up to around 40' back down a bit and then up a bit more... At first I thought it was a piece of paper in the wind..but it was definatley a butterfly ( or moth) It was the size of a standard letter envelope, wing span wise.... around 6" . A bit pointless reporting it as I have no photo even though I did give chase, but it had vanished.

Entry added by: Bryan Jones on Tue 20th April 10, 08:02pm Sighting location: Llangamarch. Sighting date: 20/04/10
re: butterfly. Could it have been an Emperor Moth? These do fly on sunny days and this is the time of year for them

Entry added by: Andy Davis on Tue 20th April 10, 07:54pm Sighting location: Usk Res.. Sighting date: 20/04/10
Pictures added to gallery of Gull at Usk res. for identification as per request from Andy King. Possible 3rd year the pair have returned............................Another siting today, a huge beige butterfly 3 or 4 times the size of red admiral and around the same size as a greenfinch flying... never seen such a gigantic butterfly in the wild before.

Entry added by: Bryan Jones on Tue 20th April 10, 07:53pm Sighting location: Llangamarch/Llanwrtyd/Beulah/Cilmeri. Sighting date: 18/04/10
Cuckoo heard last Saturday for some 30 seconds and not heard since. Chiffchaffs and Willow warblers in good numbers in this area. Swallows are very thin on the ground. Covering my area for Kites from Carms border to Cilmeri only 2/3 Swallows seen in any one pace. All my Dippers are now on eggs, and timing does not seem any different to other seasons. Pfs are back in numbers as well as Redstarts.

Entry added by: Andrew Dally on Tue 20th April 10, 08:58am Sighting location: Near Beulah. Sighting date: 18/04/10
Male Pied Flycatcher calling in tree close to house. Also 2 singing Willow Warblers.

Entry added by: Andy Davis on Mon 19th April 10, 07:19pm Sighting location: Western Brecknockshire. Sighting date: 19/04/10
Yesterday (Sunday) a pair of swallows returned & today 2 pairs of House Martins to their nests on the house.....However, no sign at all of resident Sand martins which are usually here at least a few weeks before the swallows and hm's.

Entry added by: Sally Snow on Mon 19th April 10, 04:42pm Sighting location: Wales. Sighting date: 19/04/10
My name is Sally Snow and I work for Aden Productions, a small independent television company based in Cardiff. Some of you may remember me from when I emailed back in February requesting information on nesting mute swans-I'd like to thank everyone that emailed in response to that last post. I was hoping members of the forum might be able to help me once again. As you may remember we have been filming a series on birds for BBC Wales. The series which is presented by Iolo Williams is currently in the final stages of production. However we are in need of some more footage of birds in an urban environment and consequently are on the look out for any bird behaviour (be it nesting or feeding...etc) within an urban or man-made setting. Something along the lines of a blue tit nesting in a post box or something a little more common. I realise it is still early for nesting birds, but if anybody has any suggestions we'd love to hear from you. We can only film in the next few weeks so the time limit is pretty tight. If anybody has any ideas please could they drop my colleague Emma Ford an email at emma.ford@adenproductions.com. Thank you kindly and best wishes, Sally Snow, Researcher, Aden Productions

Entry added by: Gareth Rees on Mon 19th April 10, 03:42pm Sighting location: Sennybridge. Sighting date: 18/04/10
Last year I followed the progress of a Dunnock nest in my garden. Nest building onto a Hawthorn stump on the 12th April was followed by 3 chicks between the 5-10th May (top NY proof of breeding code for the Atlas and all details added to BTO Nest Record Sceme). I thought this relatively low number of eggs/young may be a result of the relative severity of the 08/09 winter. At the end of that breeding season I removed the nest. Yesterday I was surprised to find a nest in exactly the same site and just a single half-grown chick (no dead eggs). Given the harsh winter I was surprised that the nesting attempt was almost 2 weeks earlier than 2009 and I am wondering if the first brood size reflects the post-winter condition of the female. Perhaps there is an advantage in attempting an early nest even if the numbers of young produced are low.

Entry added by: Nicky Davies on Mon 19th April 10, 01:14pm Sighting location: Heol-y-dwr. (SO229426) Sighting date: 17/04/10
Tawny Owl calling at 11.30pm in the tree at the front of the Globe in Hay - not at all disturbed by the revellers outside!

Entry added by: Andy Davis on Mon 19th April 10, 10:31am Sighting location: Usk res.. Sighting date: 19/04/10
Probably around 100 Sandpipers around the shores of the Usk res, Along the south & north shore from the Dam wall as well as the wall itself. Also probabl is that most of them are common though I did see several without any white bars on the upper wing. 8-10am.