very quiet 30 mins at Glandyfi lay-bye yesterday morning, the highlight a roosting flock of 140 lapwing, disturbed occasionally by 2 red kites. On the river 3 goosander and 2 little egrets the only birds of note. In recent stops there I've yet to see either hen harrier or merlin.
There was a singing crossbill at the bottom of Cwm Einion yesterday. I've regularly had flocks of 100+ chaffinch in the beech stands but so far only one recent brambling, on 14th.