Hooded Crow

 Had a Hooded Crow south end Cors Caron this evening along with 70+ Greylag Geese,  also 1 Great White Egret and 1 Little Egret,  30+ Fieldfare. 

Will Davies 

Llansantffraed

 Regular numbers present for November; 80 Curlew, 30 Oystercatcher, 20 Turnstone. 8 Little Egrets were huddled tightly together under the lime kilns at the bottom of the tiny waterfall.

Woodcock

 1 Woodcock at Longwood this evening. 

Gérard Fordham 

Ynyslas

 On the fields there was probably about 200+ Golden Plover with at least about 50 Lapwing  and a dozen or so Curlew.

Well over 100 Wigeon on the estuary with probably two dozen Shelduck.

Good day for birds of prey with Peregrine,  Sparrowhawk and Kestrel.  Other highlights were a Kingfisher and a Great Crested Grebe.

Thomas Simpson 

Brent goose @ Tanybwlch 2

Guess it was Mr Simpson below who alerted me to the Brent as I passed them pm today on the Tanybwlch path-I almost missed it and had to retrace my steps before spotting it with a group of rooks!! I realised that one of the crowd had a white spot and that was it! Also there , a pair of Oystercatchers and 2 Rock Pips. The Turnstone was near the pier with 5 more .

Ynys-hir

 Sightings over the past couple of days include 10 Greenland white-fronted geese,  2 marsh harriers,  barn owl,  2 water rails and Cetti's Warbler.

Dave Anning 

Brent Goose at Tanybwlch

 A Brent Goose gave some very close views on Tanybwlch fields.  There was also a Ringed Plover on the stone jetty.

Thomas Simpson 

Teifi valley

 Great Egrets present at Pont Einon and Ystrad Caron. Wigeon; 160 at Cors Caron and 70 at Pont Gogoyan. Coots; 10 at Pant pool and 3 at Cors Caron. Also at Cors Caron; 7 Goosander and 5 Gadwall.

Hen Harrier

 This afternoon we saw an adult male Hen Harrier coursing from Cors Fochno over the Leri and towards the back of Borth.

Sue  Dalton

Hawks

 Yesterday we took a walk in the sun in valley above Cwm Ystwyth.   The cold breeze seemed to have kept the birds at home as there was little about, a Coal Tit nosing about in fallen beech mast was the only one we saw.   Turning round at the top of the hill by the clump of conifers  we started down the hill .  A dark "buzzard " flying strongly and directly across the rough field by the road caught my eye but just didn't look right.   Through binoculars as it landed on a wall the noticeable thing alongside its large size and strong head was a prominent white patch on the flanks behind/under its wings and as it moved on up the hill it was definitely a very large muscular hawk not a harrier or buzzard.   Now I have never knowingly seen a Goshaawk before but I was left with a clear impression that that was as it dived into the conifers. 

Strangely enough the only other notable birds we saw as we drove back home to wards Aber were two separate Sparrowhawks flying along the road and then hopping over the hedge and into gardens in Devil's Bridge  and near Pant-y-crug.  These were clearly something different and more delicate than our earlier sighting. 

Stephen Forster