2 common sandpipers feeding on the edge of the river Dyfi at Glandyfi yesterday they were probably on the Gwynedd side but seen from the Ceredigion side! Nice walk at Ynyshir through the wood to the breakwater hide where we got goldcrest, treecreeper and mixed flocks of tits. We had good views of the barnacle geese amongst the usual stuff (are they the Greenland race does anyone know?). We saw a single greenshank on a quick walk along the Clettwr plus a small flock of the golden 'plovies'. Not many raptors about apart from sparrowhawk (Treddol) and buzzard and there was a distinct lack of kites about the place but there were many at Nant-yr-Arian (a hundred plus). Joe Hawthorne told me that someone reckoned there were more than 200 there last Friday at feeding time! Kites must be hungry now we have hit a cold snap. (There is a pretty severe frost here in my part of Montgomeryshire this morning I walked the dog around our field and the leaves on the trees on the rivers edge were raining down on me like confetti - lovely! The dog was a bit confused though but he did love rolling in the frost encrusted grass).
Its reported on the Montgomery bird blog that waxwings are on the move in parts of Britain which means that it could be a 'waxwing year' anyway if any of you see any in the area then please put it on here it is one bird I would burn up some fuel to see again!