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Displaying records 3326 to 3350 of 3463
30/03/2017 at Llanwrthwl

4 Swallow moving south down the Wye this evening, presumably having seen the weather further north and not being terribly impressed!
Added by Steve Jones at 30/03/2017 21:49

30/03/2017 at Wye Valley sites

Ffordd Fawr - 9 Greylag Geese with 150 Canada Geese, 2-3 prs Oystercatcher, 11 Curlew feeding, 5 Cormorant, 1 L Egret, 7 Herons, pr Mute Swan incubating, 10 Wigeon, 80 SMartin split over 2 colonies, 5 Mandarins, one Willow Warbler and several Chiffchaff. Dderw Pool - 6 Stock Dove, 15 Coot, pr Teal and a Moorhen. Erwood - 3 Mandarin, 1 Goosander, 60 Rook nests in 3 adjacent rookeries with a sitting bird on most, several C Crow incubating, Dipper carrying food.
Added by Andrew King at 30/03/2017 21:06

28/03/2017 at spread eagle fishery

10 plus sand martins and 2 swallows over river
Added by L-M-A at 29/03/2017 06:26

26/03/2017 at Llia valley

It has been ten years since I have had a systematic look at the Llia valley breeding Snipe population, so I took the chance on Sunday night (26th) to repeat a car based survey using GPS to pinpoint listening points for drumming and/or chipping birds. Birds were heard on SN9219 (Maen Llia, at least 3 drumming) and SN9218 (2 drumming plus another chipping) but none were heard on SN9217 or SN9216 which have held single drummers previously. The counts at the first two sites were very similar to the counts I made in April 2006 and June 2007 and birds on the latter two squares may have been difficult to pick up due to the strong breeze and the increased noise from the river which runs close to the road there. A small falcon, almost certainly a Merlin was seen at 20:14, when light was so poor that plumage details could not be discerned despite it perching briefly at 10 metres range.
Added by Gareth Rees at 28/03/2017 21:29

27/03/2017 at Brechfa Pool and Hills

39 Golden Plovers on Llandefalle Hill, and about 100 on Llangoed Common which vanished into the cold mist as soon as I saw them. On Brechfa Pool 19 Teal, 7 Coots, a Curlew and a Moorhen.
Added by Keith Noble at 27/03/2017 19:38

26/03/2017 at Various

Avocet still present at 16.50pm, feeding well off the point. Further north in the county earlier, good numbers of Buzzard, Red Kite and several Goshawk enjoying the sunshine and strong wind.
Added by Andrew King at 26/03/2017 17:28

26/03/2017 at Llangasty Car Park

Avocet spotted today from Llangasty Car Park, beautiful view in full sunlight.
Added by Damian Gillespie at 26/03/2017 15:15

26/03/2017 at Llangorse Lake

Avocet on the Point at Llangasty. One Little, one Great Egret, 2 Oystercatchers, Lapwings and Curlews, 2 Commas.
Added by Keith Noble at 26/03/2017 12:35

25/03/2017 at Llangorse lake

Fairly sure there was an osprey at Llangorse lake Saturday afternoon. I was about 4-500m away out on the water but not much else flies like one, great lolloping wing beats, not a GBB gull. Lapwings, kingfisher (near the island), chiffchaffs heard and loads of interesting ducks that I am not so good at identifying!
Added by Tim Sparrow at 25/03/2017 20:39

25/03/2017 at Talybont Reservoir

30 Tufted Duck, 7 Goldeneye, 5 Teal, 25 Wigeon, 5 Little Grebe. 1 Reed Bunting. 25 each of Chaffinch and Pied Wagtail on grazed pasture pre-roost.
Added by Andrew King at 25/03/2017 20:13

25/03/2017 at West

Female Ring Ouzel watched for 15 minutes at a potential breeding site at midday today, only one (female) Wheatear present so far at the same site. 2 male Wheatears at Penwyllt. Toad and frog spawn noted there also
Added by Gareth Rees at 25/03/2017 16:39

24/03/2017 at Brecon area / Llangorse Lake

Another barn Owl last night but this one was hunting the A470 between Brecon and Libanus. A Little Egret was again under the brecon bypass bridge this afternoon with two more at Llangorse Lake along with a Great White Egret. Driving over Mynydd Illtyd late afternoon I saw a female Kestrel.
Added by Mark Waldron at 24/03/2017 17:53

23/03/2017 at Glasbury garden

Finally excited to confirm today my partner's sighting over last couple of days of what he thought was a Hawfinch. Indeed it is - on the patio feeding on spilled sunflower hearts 5ft from the window !! Clearly it has been in the vicinity for at least 3 days now - a first for our garden.
Added by Shelley Evans at 23/03/2017 11:19

23/03/2017 at Tirabad

G.S.Woodpecker drumming on electricity pole box outside house again this morning .
Added by Nigel Starnes at 23/03/2017 07:18

22/03/2017 at Irfon valley upstream of Abergwesyn

Stonechat x2 Wheatear x1
Added by Simon Allen at 22/03/2017 21:24

22/03/2017 at Brecknockbirds website

It is hoped that the vast majority of images lost from the gallery due to a server failure in February have now been restored, however in doing so it appears that the wrong captions are now with a minority of images, or wrong images with captions. This is probably because the images have been uploaded in the last couple of weeks have the same filenames as ones recovered that were uploaded further back in the past. It should only have effected images uploaded in the last couple of weeks as behind the scenes there will effectively be 2 database records pointing to the same photo. If any of your photo's are affected and you would like them corrected please contact us to delete the image on the gallery then re-upload your images. From now on when you upload a new image, the system will check for a conflict and rename the image if necessary. We hope that makes sense and please accept our apologies for the inconvenience. Thank you.
Added by Brecknockbirds Admin at 22/03/2017 16:12

22/03/2017 at Llangorse Lake

The Barnacle Geese are back with 15 in with 134 Canada's feeding in the north field where there were also 29 Curlew and 2 Oystercatcher. A Kingfisher was hunting along the northern edge and the female Scaup was with the Tufted Ducks. A shower brought in 8 Sand Martin and a Redshank was was first heard then spotted flying high doing a circuit of the lake before heading off north. A single Little Egret was in with the cattle.
Added by Mark Waldron at 22/03/2017 16:04

21/03/2017 at Tirabad

Heard G.S.Woodpecker drumming outside house this morning . Bird on wooden electricity pole , but drumming on plastic / metal box halfway up it , which amplified the sound ! Fascinating to watch it drum , then stop and listen for a reply before having another go .
Added by Nigel Starnes at 21/03/2017 20:02

21/03/2017 at Llangorse Lake

A water-skimming Goshawk flushed 140 Teal from the western fringe. 15 Goldeneye included 2 drakes, the female Scaup was keeping company with one of the drakes among 14 Tufted Ducks. On SCM a pair of Pintails and in Rushy Field 25 Lapwings. One Little Egret, 22 Curlews and 87 Sand martins.
Added by Keith Noble at 21/03/2017 15:19

21/03/2017 at spread eagle fishery

two curlews
Added by L.M-A at 21/03/2017 08:01

19/03/2017 at Brynich

A Barn Owl was hunting along the A40 verge at Brynich at 9:15 last night.
Added by Mark Waldron at 20/03/2017 10:12

18/03/2017 at Mynydd Illtyd

Late WeBs count today gave a Green Sandpiper, 37 Snipe and a Mallard. Also around the western end of the common were 17 Skylark and 20 Mipit in song, 3 Reed Bunting, 3 Stonechat, and a pair of Wheatear. A second WeBs count of a small reservoir gave pairs of Mallard and trilling Little Grebe.
Added by Mark Waldron at 18/03/2017 22:02

18/03/2017 at Llangorse Lake

Brief visit 08.00 am found 3 Oystercatchers, 60 Sand Martin hawking, 2 Cettis in song, 5 Shovelers, Little Egret, 3 Curlew.
Added by Andrew King at 18/03/2017 21:49

16/03/2017 at Hay-on-Wye (SO228426)

8 House martins hawking over the Wye at Hay, downstream of the bridge - 9.30am. Heading to and from the sewage works (SO228426)
Added by Nicky Davies at 16/03/2017 12:48

15/03/2017 at Brecon / Brecfa

A few incidental sightings in a non-birding day. Chiffchaff's were singing near Brecon fire station and Trericket Mill where 4 Curlew were nearby at Brecfa Pool. A Barn Owl was hunting along the Brecon bypass at 9:30 this evening.
Added by Mark Waldron at 15/03/2017 22:19