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Entry added by: Mark Waldron on Fri 30th October 09, 10:17am Sighting location: Llangorse Lake. Sighting date: 30/10/09
Single Common Sandpiper still at Llangasty this morning along with a Curlew, 2 Lapwing and single GBB and YL Gull's. Also a colour ringed Cormorant.

Entry added by: Andy Davis on Thu 29th October 09, 09:17pm Sighting location: Western Brecknockshire. Sighting date: 29/10/09
The huge numbers of the thrush family heading East across Brecknockshire today has been incredible, and judging by other reports here not gone unnoticed. Looking at the Met-office's synoptic chart for 12z it shows a COL between the Low pressure to the West and a Continental High Pressure. At midday this HP was Centered over The west of Holland at 1023mb and here recording 1020.9mb. The continental cyclonic flow was just about to to give in to the cyclonic LP flow from the South yesterday and as Steve Jones says a benign Warm front crept North Overnight ............................................................................... this must have allowed the transitory thrushes to head east over land after being directed down over the Irish Sea.... Since my last observation the influx continued through the afternoon until 16z. Over 1 million birds must have passed here today, which is truly incredible and not something I've seen on this scale before.

Entry added by: Steve Jones on Thu 29th October 09, 08:40pm Sighting location: Llanwrthwl. Sighting date: 29/10/09
Black Redstart - still present around the church at dusk. Its a male with dark face patch and broken brown on lower back. Noticeable that the thousands of Fieldfare and Redwing around this morning were all coming in from the NW and heading east or southeast as opposed to normal west or SW direction. A front came in from the south overnight and left the cloud very low over the hills first thing which could account for this.

Entry added by: Steve Wilce on Thu 29th October 09, 06:45pm Sighting location: Elan Valley/ Llangasty. Sighting date: 29/10/09
Up to 10,000 Fieldfares at various locations interspersed with Brambling, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Goldfinch, Blackbird and Ring Ouzel. At Llangasty a very large roost of starlings, hard to estimate since birds were in many separate flocks. Also Barnacle Goose, 2 Snipe and Common Sandpiper. A Goldcrest was at Brynich Lock (for Andrew King).

Entry added by: Andrew King on Thu 29th October 09, 06:17pm Sighting location: Pennorth. Sighting date: 29/10/09
A seemingly continual stream of Starling heading east over Pennorth this pm (16.35-16.50). A reasonable guesstimate count of 50,000 from this one direction only, heading for the Llangorse reedbed roost. Also at this time, ca 50 Chaffinches were sucked along with the Starlings, and the odd Ffare and MThrush, and 200+ Redwing went south (I did not notice any Song Thrush with them but migrants of these will certainly be present, such as those that CHGA saw earlier today). This morning 60 Skylark also circled the village, these moving as well.

Entry added by: M Hogan on Thu 29th October 09, 05:26pm Sighting location: Talybont reservoir. (SO091180) Sighting date: 29/10/09
Talybont reservoir SW at 13:25 today; Brambling female with small chaffinch flock feeding amongst hawthorn immediately in front of layby.

Entry added by: Steve Jones on Thu 29th October 09, 02:40pm Sighting location: Llanwrthwl. Sighting date: 29/10/09
Black Redstart - male on the roof of the stone house opp gate to llanwrthwl Church - present from 10a.m today, still there at 14.00. Also a large passage of Fieldfare (1500+), Redwing 700, Wood Pigeon 150 and 100 Starling.

Entry added by: Keith Noble on Thu 29th October 09, 02:28pm Sighting location: Llangorse Lake. Sighting date: 29/10/09
19 Goldeneye inc 2 drakes, 8 Wigeon, c40 cormorants, 14 Snipe, I Curlew, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Chiffchaff, hundreds of thrushes after berries and flocks moving SE, (and a poor glimpse of what might have been 3 Common Sandpipers in case someone sees them better)

Entry added by: Charles Allum on Thu 29th October 09, 01:35pm Sighting location: Danyfan, Cwngwdi, Brecon. (SO026262) Sighting date: 29/10/09
Among the thrushes here attending the berry feast this am were two Song with very dark backs More than one at this time of year is rare here. Questions, please. Could this suggest Northern Race? Have any such been seen about this year? Do they migrate with other thrush spp or separately? Much increased overhead movement of various thrushes and starlings today.

Entry added by: Andy Davis on Thu 29th October 09, 12:42pm Sighting location: Usk Res.. Sighting date: 29/10/09
Wave upon wave of Thrushes passing East from Carmarthenshire in the Brecknockshire over several hours this morning. I lost count after 30 flocks each numbering between 50 & 500+ birds. It was noticable that these flocks were almost void of Starlings with Redwing & Fieldfare most numerous though also a lot of Mistle.