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three lapwing and one snipe in the centre north of the meadow at rhyd-y-blew on friday evening. Ring Ouzel out of county west of Blaenonneu quarry, Mynydd llangynidr -
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The main wet meadow area of the Rhyd-y-blew site has had a 'haircut'. Meadow pipits are now around the edges, which have been left untouched. Eight crows plodding about and the biggest surprise of the evening - a Curlew - staying on the central part of the meadow, occasionally harassing the... -
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slightly out of county, on Sunday on Mynydd Llangynidr, flushed out three Red Grouse - one scared the hell out of me as it took off about 5ft in front of me! -
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i've got an allotment plot behind the firestation - so often see a flock above and east of there- is that the same roost? (i use the term' a malevolance of jackdaws' as they're always up to no good) -
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Jan 2nd Rhyd-y-blew site - Stonechat -will try and post pic; 4 snipe; resident heron Sat 7th Red Kite flying over Old Rassau heading towards Carno Sun 8th - Garlydan Res - 14-15 lapwing on headland; by lower pond - 40+ Fieldfare - I think!-slightly larger than blackbird, greyish & brown in... -
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the 'central valley' on The Works site is starting to look good - The GWT Environment Resource Centre has recorded a good variety of birds down there. I'm currently working down by the former hot mill site a couple o days of the week so get to see small flocks of 15-20 goldfinch (can get to... -
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about 40 fieldfare the rhyd-y-blew site yesterday - in the trees on the south-eastern side of the main meadow area -
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grass hopper warbler seen and heard on the Rhyd-y-blew site about 6.00pm. Perched on the larger willow just north of the middle roundabout. 5 lapwing on Tuesday evening as well. I'm sure I heard a pheasant in the south west corner as well a couple of weeks back -
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will keep a listen out for the grasshopper warbler and snipe- up there most evenings with the dog -
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roundabout on bryn serth road - cuckoo heard then seen this evening in the small group of trees to the north west corner of the roundabout. got to within 10m of it. plenty of swifts and swallows feeding over the Rhyd y blew grassland over the past few weeks. Willow warblers (?) in the trees... -
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will try and head over to Garnlydan this week. heading over to Trefil and beyond on bike tomorrow so will keep an eye out. -
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anyone seen any lapwings in the Rassau/Garnlydan areas? (haven't been up the Garnlydan Res recently). Seems unusually quiet on the Rhyd y blew and Bryn Serth sites at the mo... -
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heard woodpeckers and cuckoos in the victoria area last year - that near you? -
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whilst doing a river fly survey this morning I spotted 2 dippers in the Ebbw behind Cambridge Gardens just below the footbridge. -easy to access for photographs - someone was asking for sightings late last year on here weren't they? Mike - There's also some big fissures up on carn y cefn... -
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not awake - just read your reposnse mike - LM managed by glanusk -need fresh air... -
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Always amazed by the controversy that even basic moorland management causes (same goes for shooting syndicates on estuaries such as the dyfi). Left alone it just reverts to bracken/stringy heather. Love it or hate it, but properly planned and considered burning give the right mixture of... -
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any reason why the curlews wouldn't hang around mike? don't hold much hope for lapwings nesting at rhyd y blew again - there's a dog fox very active all over the site - loads of well used tracks and I've seen it active during late afternoon / early evening as well recently -
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out of county, but saw two snipe (too small to be curlew) about 1/2 way between the llangynidr road and trig point on the moors saturday. Rhyd y blew site starting to liven up in the evenings now - got very limited song knowledge so couldn't tell you what they were. Good numbers of sparrows in... -
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no problem Mike - are Curlews a regular up there? I remember seeing one about 5 years just off the llangynidr road about 1/2 mile north of the carno forest... managed to track down some of the sundews a bit further north last year as well - great fun trying to find something the size of a tea... -
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would like to have a go - will need teaching though but observant and learn fast -will know more of my availability Friday evening...live in Rassau so 3 are on the doorstep Nick -
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Just think of it as payment for persuading the Song Thrush to hang around... -
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Just been following a Red Kite for about 30 mins from the 'sheep track' behind The Castle, then over to Beaufort Wells and across to the Bryn Serth site. Haven't seen one over this way before - although have seen them over Trefil and on Mynydd Llangynidr a mile north of the Carno Res.