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17 Yellowhammer, 22 Linnet, 13 Redpoll and 3 Tree Pipit were the highlights of a walk around Mynydd Aberyscir today #birdingwales
Blue-headed Wagtail with 5 male Yellow Wagtail and 2 'white' Wagtail at Llangorse Lake this evening on the sailing club meadows #birdingWales
Hoopoe in a private garden in Brecon yesterday, sadly no sign of it yet today according to the home owner. Also 2 Whimbrel at Llangasty, Llangorse Lake last night #birdingWales
Drake Ring-necked Duck at Llanbwchllyn Lake with Tufted Ducks. 2 Pied Flycatcher singing in the lake side wood. #birdingWales
Little Tern still at Llangorse Lake this evening, also 8 species of wader including 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 14 LR Plover and a Ringed Plover, 5 white and a yellow wagtail #birdingWales
Drake Garganey on the flooded sailing club meadows at Llangorse Lake today. Also 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ringed & 7 LR Plover. Yesterday 3 Black-necked Grebe, two in full summer plumage, were also at the lake, often out in the middle but very mobile. 3 Scaup, 1m2f, still present. #birdingWales
Lovely couple of days on Skomer Island, thousands of Puffins turned up yesterday but very few around today. Just a single Short-eared Owl hunting into the sunset and a Merlin ranging the west of the island were other highlights.. #BirdingWales
At Aberystwyth, 10 Purple Sandpiper on the wall at high tide with 45 Turnstone by the pier #birdingwales
Yellow ringed White Stork CV03 at Y Ferwig near Gwbert today, probably from Cove Valley reintroduction project. #birdingwales
Still one Bonaparte’s Gulls at Llanrhystyd this morning, in the field closest the sea being ploughed by the tractor, by the seaside car cark. #birdingWales
15+ Hawfinch feeding in hornbeam at Rhiwderin this afternoon at ST263868. Lots of Greenfinch & Chaffinch around too. #birdingwales
An adult Yellow-legged Gull was at Brecfa Pool near Bronllys today. Far right gull in group photo. #birdingwales
The Baikal Teal at Castell Ddu Waungron was snoozing this afternoon before feeding with the Wigeon (it's below the Common Gull in the photo) #birdingWales
Glossy Ibis at Kidwelly Quay & Siberian Chiffchaff at the sewage works. Water Pipit at Banc-y-Lord between the pill boxes. 115 Bar-tailed Godwit at Burry Port. Avocet, Spotted Redshank & 6 Spoonbill at WWT Llanelli. 3 RNParakeet at Morriston Park. Med Gull with BH's on sea at Aberavon. #birdingWales
Llangorse Lake is now largely frozen on the whole of the west side and all margins forcing the Smew out into the middle. The Green-winged Teal was with 200+ Teal along the north shore reedbed, it has been in the area of the orange buoy in the second photo - if you can see it! #birdingWales
At Llangorse Lake the Green-winged Teal came out of the northern reedbed with 200+ Teal. Single female-type Scaup still. 41 Pochard and 31 Pintail were good counts for the lake. Also adult Yellow-legged and 62+ Common Gull in the roost. #birdingWales
At Whiteford Point a female type Velvet Scoter, 6 Common Scoter, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 2 GN Diver and 54 Eider all around the lighthouse. Also 19 dark bellied & 1 light bellied Brent Geese, 18 Grey Plover, 53 Ringed Plover, 5 Sanderling and a Knot. Pallid & Marsh Harrier at Llanrhidian #birdingWales
RH Smew still at Llangorse Lake, in reeds in front of hide from 15:30 before moving to the centre of the lake at dusk with the aythya's etc at 16:15. Also two female type Scaup still feeding in their usual area close in to Ty-Mawr Wood to the east of the hide. #birdingwales
Redhead Smew still at Llangorse Lake, distant and feeding close to the western reedbed. 6 female type Scaup still, and a drake Pintail of local interest. #birdingWales
Smew at Llangorse Lake this morning, often distant and keeping tight to the western reedbed, sometimes out of view in the SW most corner from the hide. #birdingWales
Redhead Smew at west end of Llangorse Lake from the bird hide #birdingWales
Went to see the Murton Hooded Crow at South Gower RFC before walking out to Whiteford Point where there were a minimums of 22 Eider, 2 RB Merganser, 125 Brent Geese and a summer plumage RT Diver. Single Swallow seen near Reynoldston. #birdingWales
