I was at the top of Pistyll-y-llyn on Friday. This is a waterfall along which the Ceredigion/Powys boundary runs south of Machynlleth. It drops down into the magnificent valley of the Llyfnant which then flows through Glaspwll on its way down to the Dyfi estuary. The valley is the site of the new "Dyfi Falls" gamebird shoot which suddenly appeared during lockdown earlier this year. It is believed that 40,000 pheasants were released into the valley this spring/summer plus an unknown number, (but probably many thousands) of red-legged partridges. A large field in the valley bottom has been re-sown and a large number of bird feeders placed there as close as possible to the boundary of the Pencreigiau'r Llan SSSI.
That's the background to this post. If anyone would like to read about this in more detail here is a link to my blog
https://wildwalesphotography.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2882&action=edit
There were a few interesting sightings on Friday. These included a very large number of ravens, probably at least fifty; a few buzzards and kites: six stock doves dropped down into the re-seeded field, and there was a surprise flock of 12 long-tailed tits around the top of the waterfall - all in Ceredigion!
Jerry Moore
