Friday, 14 July 2023

Raptors

 A pair of merlins has fledged three young, and the goshawks I was watching near Tal-y-bont had one very large young still on the nest on my most recent visit (June 29th), with two calling from the trees nearby.

I was very surprised to see an immature hobby in the hills in the far north-east of the county recently. Mick Green tells me he has seen them over the border in Monts, and that they visit the uplands in such of large day-flying moths. 

Jerry Moore