Late afternoon walk; Tuesday
Ringtail Hen Harrier (Gors
Caranod) seen well 3 times quartering the bog before dark. (Really blazing white
rump on this bird.)
2 Snipe put up here by the
Harrier.
3 Woodcock: One overhead
over forest track near dusk and two flushed together from side of track, feet
away, in near darkness. (Don't know who got the bigger shock!)
Male Goshawk low over
trees in gloaming near to track.
1 Bullfinch. Reed Buntings
heard. Fieldfare. Redwing. Crossbills distantly heard.1 Great Spotted
Woodpecker. Goldcrests and Treecreeper.
(Late post: Mon 22.11
Bwlch Nant Yr Arian:
The usual 200+ Red Kite
coming for the 2pm feed.
12 Goosander on the
lake.
Small numbers of Siskin
and Goldfinch.
1000s of Starlings
streaming through at dusk, all heading due east with purpose and speed. From the
Visitors' Centre Platform this provided an amazing spectacle as they streamed
overhead. Must be a big roost east of there!)
Phil Baber & Pam Buckle