A few late records of birds seen whilst out surveying tetrads south of Tregaron over the last few days.
60 Greylag Geese at Ystrad Caron.
Sparrowhawks in Tregaron and Cwm Brefi.
Dipper- Tregaron.
5 Stonechats in Cwm Brefi.
2 Kestrels and 4 Crossbills at Bryn Du above Tregaron.
As John implies in his blog the other day, hardly a chore. I'm always suprised at how places that I zoom past in the car on a regular basis can seem so new and unfamiliar when you walk past them slowly. Just walking round Tregaron town was a pleasure with a high population of House Sparrows in the narrow streets and surrounding fields, easily the most that I've come across in the 30 odd tetrads that I've covered over the 4 years. I counted a 100 but this would be an underestimate of the total present.
Really must find time to check out the Starling roost at Mydroilyn. On Tuesday half a dozen stragglers heading that way at 4.30 were attacked by a Peregrine which flew over as I was driving.
Also the other day I found a well preserved but dead Coal Tit near the Capel Cynon post box. Thought I'd take it home for Tomos to look at and so it accompanied me for the rest of the morning on the"Ffostrasol" mail. It's arrival back at the office prompted the kind of high brow intellectual discussion that one would expect;"Ian picked up a bird on his round" etc etc. Still, Tomos liked it and did a little drawing. However, when I jested that due to an austere budget settlement that was the only present he was getting this Christmas he unleashed the kind of scathing derision that only a 5 year old can dish out.