Couple of distant record shots of what appears to be a 1st winter male this morning as it passed through the southern end of Morlais Castle, accessed from the Pontsarn Road. The last 2 mornings have held plenty of birds with c70 redwing through yesterday plus a resident foraging mixed tit flock, occasional comma and small copper leps and noon flies all enjoying the sun on the hawthorn, its been a pleasure.
Rhaslas has been quiet with; gadwall [3] on the 15th, a single pintail on the 1st, tufted [23] highest count but varies, wigeon [6] and the occasional passage wheatear.
Garw Nant; some sensitive coppice work just south of car park, unless they just stopped for dinner, revealed good mixed foraging flock, including good views of willow tit, earlier in the month.
Gethin slopes; usual stuff with my first redwing feeding on hawthorn on the 9th.
Best of the garden; lunar underwing was a garden tick on the 5th, annual visit of merveille du jour on the 11th and at last an Ichneumon fly I could identify to species level, black slip wasp on next doors wall, yes! Also male hen harrier noted on/in what was once a regular winter locality.
Good stuff Mike especially the Ouzel.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I am going to see Merveille du Jour, this year, Mike. That Lunar Underwing was a late one. I've never had one later than early Oct, but there have been some strange out of season moths turning up, this month (posted on the BC facebook page), such as Riband Wave and Common Rustic agg.
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