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23/06/2024 at cefn bola maen (SN974346)

One singing male yellowhammer and 30+ small heath, alive with them up there. (SN974346)
Added by Peter & Barbara Jackson at 01/07/2024 10:36

30/06/2024 at Crug Mawr hill, The Black Mountains

In a field below Partrishow church were house martins, swallows, two goldfinches, three ravens flying above the larch tree's and a red kite. On the slope of Crug Mawr were meadow pipits and stonechats. Female and male redstart with a caterpillar in it's beak with juvenile's were also observed on the dry stone walls below the hill.
Added by Neil Farr at 30/06/2024 18:35

30/06/2024 at Warren Road, Brecon

A group of c20 Mistle Thrush, mainly juvenile birds, flew up from a stubble field and into a nearby Oak tree, at the top of the Warren Road, Brecon. A male Yellowhammer was perched on power lines further down the hill towards Brecon.
Added by Nick Morgan at 30/06/2024 14:49

26/06/2024 at Gors Llwyn (SN853109)

A visit to this Brecs/Glam border straddling site today yielded gold in the form of a Willow Tit calling right on the county boundary (boardwalk SN853109). Significant in that I could find no SN81 10 km sites with Willow Tit in the 2019 survey and I have not recorded one before here though visits are very infrequent. Also 3 Swifts distantly over Coelbren and a family party of Sedge Warbler but no Reed Warbler singing. Also on the way a single Swift at Pen y cae. (SN853109)
Added by Gareth Rees at 26/06/2024 19:04

23/06/2024 at Trallong common

A quick circuit of the common late afternoon revealed 3 male Yellowhammer which is the expected density for this site. 5 Willow Warbler and a Redstart were also noted
Added by Gareth Rees at 23/06/2024 23:42

21/06/2024 at Grwyne Fawr valley (SO235305)

Maybe more insects up there but pleased this morning with 2 pairs Spotted Flycatcher both having nests - frequent visiting by adults with food for growing young. Above the valley, single Red Grouse, 2 singing male Whinchat and one Stonechat. Also 3 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries and 10+ Small Heath butterflies. (SO235305)
Added by Andrew King at 21/06/2024 17:58

19/06/2024 at Nant Cwm-du, under Fan Frynich (SN946215)

A hearing, not a sighting. Eurasian wryneck calling and moving down the valley over about 2 hours (4.30-6.30 pm). Repeat callings the next morning. (Unexpected, but known from my daughter’s garden in Spain - I have audio if verification needed) (SN946215)
Added by Ian Lawrence at 21/06/2024 14:36

Comments (1)

Andrew King at 21/06/2024 18:06: Ian - thank you for reporting this record. We do not get many Wryneck in this part of the world! The Records Committee would appreciate hearing your audio record, if you can forward as an email attachment to andy@breconbirds.wales
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21/06/2024 at Near Ystradfellte

At least 5 Nightjars flying last night, some coming really close to me. Only one female seen. They seemed to be churring all around me.
Added by robert griffiths at 21/06/2024 12:06

20/06/2024 at Llangynidr

Two Sand Martins repeatedly landing on road ahead of car yesterday evening - it was the first warm evening for some time and I expect they may have been picking up flying ants
Added by Graham Motley at 21/06/2024 11:44

19/06/2024 at Llangasty, Llangorse Lake

On and around the Point, a Little Egret in breeding plumage, pair of Teal, female Gadwall and a hybrid Canada Goose. Three Lapwings flew around.
Added by Keith Noble at 20/06/2024 08:47

14/06/2024 at Llangorse Lake

Marsh Harrier seen today over reed beds left of bird hide, 2 Lesser Whitethroats still singing intermittently on the Llangasty side, one now very close to the hide, Juvenile Stonechats seen in the reeds
Added by Mark Spirito at 14/06/2024 20:21

12/06/2024 at Llangorse Lake

The unringed pair of Oystercatcher have a single chick on the crannog island. Four pairs of Barnacle Geese are now with goslings as B35 and its unringed mate have 3 goslings joining B26 & unringed mate + 2, P25 & unringed mate + 3, and B37 & B11 + 1. A pair of Pochard, male Tufted Duck, Kingfiisher and two pairs of Mute Swan with 6 cygnets each were all seen from the jetty.
Added by Mark Waldron at 12/06/2024 19:28

12/06/2024 at Llywn-onn Res

Just out of county but of interest, there was a Red-breasted Goose at the northern end of Llywn-onn Res this afternoon in amongst the Canada Geese.
Added by robert griffiths at 12/06/2024 18:49

09/06/2024 at Llangorse

Highlights of a morning walk along Nant Cwy were a Cuckoo, pair of Blackcap feeding a fledgling, pair of Nuthatch with 2 fledglings, a Spotted Flycatcher and a male Redstart taking food to a nest hole. This evening, 5 little Egret in the roost tree on north shore of the lake,
Added by John Lewis at 09/06/2024 21:07

09/06/2024 at Usk Reservoir

Two recently fledged Willow Tits were found near the Usk reservoir this morning. Also 2-3 Wood Warbler, 3 Tree Pipits, 3 Whitethroats and several Crossbill calling
Added by Gareth Rees at 09/06/2024 15:28

08/06/2024 at Llangorse Lake

Common Tern feeding off the north shore this evening, pus a pair of Pochard and 2 Little Egret in the roosting tree after sunset.
Added by John Lewis at 08/06/2024 22:51

08/06/2024 at Talybont-on-Usk

Adult Chiffchaffs feeding four just-fledged young on the canal side early evening.
Added by John Lewis at 08/06/2024 22:49

07/06/2024 at Mynydd Llangorse

Peregrine watched quartering the ridge for several minutes early evening, plus the usual Red Kites, Ravens and Buzzards. Also a Stock Dove.
Added by John Lewis at 08/06/2024 22:46

08/06/2024 at Llangorse Lake

3 Common Tern.
Added by Mark Waldron at 08/06/2024 17:08

06/06/2024 at Coed Jubilee, Crain Cerrig Gleisiad

3 pairs of pied flycatcher (all in boxes) and 1 pair spotted flycatcher, in this high-altitude oak plantation woodland (take the left hand path from the CCG lay-by)
Added by Rob Thomas at 06/06/2024 00:21

05/06/2024 at Llangorse Lake

Three pairs of Barnacle Geese now with goslings: B26 & unringed mate + 2, P25 & unringed mate + 3, and B37 & B11 + 1.
Added by Mark Waldron at 05/06/2024 21:03

05/06/2024 at Llangorse Lake

2 Lesser Whitethroats still singing on the Llangasty side of the lake, one on the fringes of the woodland between car park and hide, and the other in the hedgerow of the first field beyond the hide ( Orchid Field ), both remaining well hidden and elusive in Brambles however, 1 Oystercatcher and a single Lapwing, general increase in L.B.B. Gulls and Herring Gulls noticeable today
Added by Mark Spirito at 05/06/2024 16:15

02/06/2024 at Penwyllt

Aiming mainly for butterflies I arrived at Penwyllt after mid-day and found that there were at least 9 Herring Gulls wheeling around the big cliffs within the former quarry workings before they moved on up the slope. As I walked south along the former railway track more gull calls were heard and I turned to find 100-150 gulls there with the majority being Lesser Black Backed gulls with a scattering of Herring. Along the track there were a family party of Wheatear and Redstart carrying food. Insects were thin on the ground with a single Dingy Skipper, 2-3 Small Heath and a single Small Tortoiseshell amongst GV Whites. A Mother Shipton moth also present. Yesterday there were at least 4 Red-necked Footman moths within the dense mature forestry of south Glasfynydd forest at Cwm Feity. Three Wood Warbler territories were found there but tree felling has possibly disrupted the usual distribution
Added by Gareth Rees at 02/06/2024 17:11

02/06/2024 at Penwaundwr/Nant Cnewr Fawr,

After finding one or possibly a pair of Spotted Flycatcher in a mature Spruce block at Penwaundwr I then stopped at the other two blocks on square SN9022 and found feeding Spotted Flycatchers at each of these so these shelter belts seem to be useful breeding habitat for this species in the western uplands where they are quite frequent. The Epynt MOD has loads of these so it would be good to think they all have pairs. Also present were 2 Tree Pipit territories, 2 Crossbill, Cuckoo and Lesser Redpoll
Added by Gareth Rees at 02/06/2024 17:00

01/06/2024 at Pennorth

Pair of Lapwing with at least one very small chick, female Yellow Wagtail and 2 alarming Whitethroat all within a very thin crop of Winter Beans.
Added by Andrew King at 01/06/2024 18:41