Ten Golden Plover seen flying over Bwlch y Sarnau today.
First large flock of starlings I’ve seen this Autumn, around 300 of them, flying over The Fforest Inn yesterday morning.
Three widgeon still there at dusk. Pair of Tufted also present. Good numbers of starlings now roosting in the lagoon reeds too. Long tailed tits heard earlier in the day along the Prom. Anyone else hearing them everywhere in recent weeks?! Seems they’ve had a good year.
Chaffinch, Meadow Pipits, Reed Bunting, Skylarks & Yellowhammers.
A flock of more than 30/40 seen daily in the cultivated field.
Good to see the local Kestrel is still around, seeing it regularly sat on the wires hunting.
This morning saw a few more Redwings on the Rowan trees and this afternoon saw five Fieldfares.
At home, without doubt, the most popular species of bird in our garden is the Tree Sparrow, the fat balls,which they love, having to be topped up regularly. The Siskens are starting to return on the feeders and our two Jays returned this morning too. Male and female Tawny owls are calling most nights from the trees in our garden, I’m guessing the ones that bred the one owlet earlier this year in our owl box.
Lots of blue tits, great tits, a nuthatch, a robin, a blackbird, wren and long tailed tit all came rummaging together around the front garden. The borders, shrubs and trees, even the window ledges, were thoroughly checked for food. Then, one by one, they loosely followed one another to the next place. Only the blackbird stayed around for a bit, but it was interesting to watch.
A lone male Goosander seen early this morning, flying over Bwlch y Sarnau. It looked like it headed for the river.
Two kestrels were mobbed by a crow yesterday at Llandod golf course. One did a bit of hovering to spy out prey in the bracken, but they were soon harassed by the persistent crow and there were some impressive aerial dodgings going on.
Two squabbling grey wagtails briefly appeared in the garden during today’s downpours. A small drainage stream runs down the side, maybe they followed that and ended up over the fence. Definitely a first!
(via Gail) A flock of around dozen Redwings seen early this morning, the first I’ve seen this autumn.
A flock of about a dozen, seen this morning. First seen this Autumn in the area.
Sorry this is a belated post, I’ve been having trouble with my computer. A week last Friday, above Bettws Mill in small copse on top of hill a flock of approx 100 Field Fares with a few Red Wings in tow flew out of the conifer copse and headed north east. As i have not seen any since, I consider these passers. Steve Hammond was also with me and sighted the same, we were on a bike ride.
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(via Will) I saw my first golden plover of the autumn on the Begwns this morning – a flock of 48 on an area of recently cut bracken.
Two redheads seen from the bridge this evening. A dipper, grey heron and mallard also present.
(via Kris&Dominic) Just over the border in Monts, late arrivals – one brood, 3 fledged but only 1 seen. Late nest here now 4 nestlings 2 quite advanced.
We still have House Martin chicks in the nest above our kitchen window. Going by the activity through the summer I am thinking this is probably the third brood.
(via ColinE) One circling for several minutes at lunchtime today (Thursday 9/9); left at 13:38 to the SW, i.e. towards Llandegley and Llandrindod Wells.
Also Crossbill over, and some ongoing hirundine movement.
Elsewhere in the wider area, hobbies have been seen over the summer.
To be honest Kestrels seem to be quite rare here in Mid Wales
Back in the Vale of York I would see them almost every day where ever I walked my dog.
Since moving here 4 years ago I have seen them locally only 3 times and it appears they come calling when harvesting is taking place.
It was some distance off so images not the best.
(via SueL) Out in the garden this morningthe little birds call caught my attention up among the willow.
1 flew south. Other birds present included Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Stonechat, Whinchat, Linnet and Willow Warbler.
