The goosanders are particularly active this week .There were 3 females hanging around this morning and eventually they decided to take a trip down river no doubt as far as the bridge in Trefechan.I was pleased to introduce my grandchildren to the delights of birdwatching when the lapwing put in a brief appearance yesterday morning.The highlight must be the male and the female great spotted woodpecker that regularly visit the feeder.Today on our way to Machynlleth I was able to point out another flock of lapwing on the sunday market field at Tre'r ddol and was told that there were 21 of them!
I am also concerned regarding the dead buzzard found near Penrhyncoch as the 6 we recovered during and after the very cold snap were nowhere near overhead cables .We might have wrongly come to the conclusion that they failed to find sufficient food and starved to death as they were all juveniles.There has been no sighting of other dead birds which surely would have also succumbed if poison was the case.It remains a very sad mystery!
Lis Collison