Wanderings around Talybont of late have produced a large number of young birds -
blackbird, robin, dunnock, blue tit, great tit and willow warbler to name but a
few. Swallows and swifts are about but not in great numbers. There do appear to
be a number of active house martin nests around the area though. A pair of pied
flycatchers on the village outskirts yesterday was a nice surprise especially as
they were clearly looking for insects to feed young. This morning there were six
red kites following a tractor as it cut grass in one of the local fields.
Strange to think that once upon a time not so long ago (and in my lifetime) that
would have constituted the whole Welsh red kite population never mind one small
field in Ceredigion
Dave Thomas