Gwent birding (1 Viewer)

[mike from ebbw]

I saw four Blackbirds on the yellow berries outside the Leisure Centre entrance this afternoon so they may just jump on those next.They were certainly back and forth to them Saturday morning.

 

[Reflektor]

Waxies

Anyone seen them in Brynmawr at all, i am dying to get one half decent shot of them!!:C

 

[The Valley Walker]

Anyone seen them in Brynmawr at all, i am dying to get one half decent shot of them!!:C

Ebbw Vale seems to be your best bet Dave.

Btw...congratulations to Mike & Gary who swept the board in this evenings presentation eving for the annual Snap competition...well done chaps

 

[oldgiteggy]

I tried Brynmawr yesterday mid morning without success. Plenty of berries by the club, but no birds.

 

[h00zf1sh]

I'll be popping down to Medalgief Retail Park before work tomorrow, hope to catch a glimpse of the Waxwings.

 

[mike from ebbw]

Btw...congratulations to Mike & Gary who swept the board in this evenings presentation eving for the annual Snap competition...well done chaps

Cheers Al,you should have come up for a beer mate.

 

[oldgiteggy]

Congratulations Gary and Mike. The best wildlife photographers by far. I noticed your photos appeared on the competition poster!
BTW, any sign of Jedward today? (see photo)

 

[GaryH]

Ebbw Vale seems to be your best bet Dave.

Btw...congratulations to Mike & Gary who swept the board in this evenings presentation eving for the annual Snap competition...well done chaps

Cheers Al and thanks Steve, anybody want to buy anything from Cash Generator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-O

 

[h00zf1sh]

No sign of Waxwings at Mendalgeif Retail in Newport this morning, stayed from 8-9am in Halfords car park watching the berry trees.

There was a really aggressive thrush protecting the berry trees from absolutely everything else so that probably didn't help.

Dipped again! :-(

 

[mike from ebbw]

For those that dont use the Gwent Ornithological Society sightings page for the latest Waxwing and other sightings I recommend bookmarking this link.Very handy.

http://www.gwentbirds.org.uk/sightingshome.php

 

[The Valley Walker]

Morning, if I see a bunting this morning will it be a snow bunting? 8-P

...the tinnitus is doing well this morning...good night though B

 

[fen-yak]

just about to show off my knowledge of birds...
very large flock (300+)of 'sparrow-sized birds' in the trees to the north of Tafarnaubach Ind Est at 7.45 Thursday morning. Didn't have chance to have a closer look as I was on my way to work. Any thoughts on what they might have been to help widen my lack of knowledge...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=tafarnaubach&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=11.905102,28.256836&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tafarnaubach,+Tredegar,+Blaenau+Gwent,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.787356,-3.277949&spn=0.00304,0.010986&t=h&z=17

 

[dantheman]

BTW, any sign of Jedward today? (see photo)

Nice shot. Which is what I would hope anyone coming across 'Jedward' in the field would do, but not with a camera... services to humanity/music and all that ...

 

[GaryH]

22 waxwing outside Buffs Club Brynmawr at 11:30am, plenty of berries left. Sorry about the late posting but shopping until now....

 

[luke]

thats more like it, a proper flock. hopeing some stick around a few more weeks until my trip back for Christmas. Not expecting any in Dorset at the moment though we got tones of berries waiting for them.

 

[Bafty]

Thought you might be interested in this spot ......on the way to Cardiff by train this afternoon for the Wales rugby match, midway between Cardiff and Newport, sea side of the track, flying towards Newport.....a Little Egret.

Have you seen it around?

 

[GaryH]

Waxwing flock peaked at 35 today outside Buffs Brynmawr, not seen any in Ebbw for a few days now.

 

[Bafty]

Mmm.....ok, try this one...Pied Billed Grebe still present 2 miles from my house :hi:

 

[oldgiteggy]

Mmm.....ok, try this one...Pied Billed Grebe still present 2 miles from my house :hi:

:eek!: Rare indeed, especially for Rochdale and Greater Manchester!

 

[Lewis T]

Hi all,

c.15 Waxwings in Monmouth feeding on a white rowan on Goldwire Lane/Somerset Road this afternoon. Still a hell of a lot of berries on the tree, so may be around a while and grow in numbers.

Cheers,

Lewis.