Llangynidr (Lower Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal) - along Beacons Way - Tor y Foel summit (551 metres) - return via Usk Valley Way and Monmouthshire and Brecon canal.
Pied Flycatcher x 2 Crossbill (Male) x 1 Redstart x 2 Cuckoo x 1 Wheatear x 1 Stonechat x 7 Red Kite x 4 Buzzard x 1 Raven x 1 Willow Tit x 3 Willow Warbler x 4 Blackcap x 1 Swallow x 5 Skylark x 4 Meadow Pipit x 5 Jay x 1 Magpie x 3 Blackbird x 7 Chaffinch x 5 Blue Tit x 3 Great Tit x 1 Robin x 3 Mallard x 1 Woodpigeon x 4 Crow x 7 Jackdaw x 1
Steve Judge said
Sun Jun 10 5:11 PM, 2018
10th June 2018 10:30 - 16:00 hrs.
Walk 5 miles south west of Brecon town centre:
Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre - Daudraeth Illtyd Nature Reserve - Cefn Llechid - Cwm-Camlais-uchaf - Blencamlais Fach - and return
Cuckoo x 1 (Male - heard and seen) Redstart x 2 (Male and Female seen feeding chicks in nest inside old hollowed out post at side of stile!) Red Kite x 10 Buzzard x 6 Stonechat x 8 Linnet x 4 Willow Warbler x 2 Chaffinch x 1 Greenfinch x 1 Pied Wagtail x 4 Mistle Thrush x 3 Swallow x 20 Skylark x 7 Meadow Pipit x 3 Nuthatch x 2 Wren x 1 Chaffinch x 8 Robin x 1 Great Tit x 2 Blue Tit x 1 House Sparrow x 10 Jackdaw x 15 Crow x 10 Starling x 50 Woodpigeon x 1 Feral Pigeon x 1 Mallard x 2 Blackbird x 3 Magpie x 4
Steve Judge said
Thu Jun 22 6:39 PM, 2017
22nd June 2017 10:30 - 16:00 hr. Cloudy with cool breeze. Walk from Llangenny to Sugar Loaf Mountain and return.
Goshawk x 1 (Male) Red Kite x 1 Buzzard x 10 different sightings Kestrel x 1 Redstart x 1 Spotted Flycatcher x 1 Wheatear x 8 adults (and 4 juveniles seen) near summit of Sugar Loaf Raven x 4 Treecreeper x 1 Dipper x 1 Skylark x 7 Meadow Pipit x 5 Chiffchaff x 3 Swift x 9 Swallow x 5 House Martin x 4 Carrion Crow x 10 Goldfinch x 4 Wren x 1 Mistle Thrush x 3 Blue Tit x 3 Great Tit x 1 Chaffinch x 5 Robin x 2 Dunnock x 1 House Sparrow x 3 Magpie x 3 Blackbird x 7
Steve Judge said
Tue Jun 20 5:13 PM, 2017
20th June 2017 10:30 - 16:00 hrs. Hot and sunny. Walk from Llangattock to Craig y Cilau National Nature Reserve and return.
Wood Warbler x 1 Spotted Flycatcher x 1 Redstart x 1 (Female) Willow Warbler x 5 Red Kite x 1 Buzzard x 4 Pied Wagtail x 2 Raven x 2 Chiffchaff x 4 Carrion Crow x 7 Swallow x 1 Swift x 1 Wren x 1 Blackbird x 5 Chaffinch x 3 Woodpigeon x 10 Magpie x 3
Steve Judge said
Mon Jun 19 5:04 PM, 2017
19th June 2017 11:30 - 15:30 hrs. Llangors Lake (Llyn Syfaddan) and surrounds. Hot and sunny. Bird Hide next to the lake had thatched roof and stained glass window!
Redstart x 2 (1 Male adult and juvenile) Reed Warbler x 15 Sedge Warbler x 4 Reed Bunting x 2 Goldcrest x 1 Red Kite x 1 Buzzard x 3 Willow Tit x 1 Chiffchaff x 5 Oystercatcher x 2 Grey Heron x 1 Goldfinch x 5 Song Thrush x 1 Swallow x 20 House Martin x 30 Swift x 25 Mute Swan x 70 Canada Geese x 15 Coot x 1 Lesser Black-Backed Gull x 3 Pied Wagtail x 2 Robin x 2 Dunnock x 1 House Sparrow x 5 Chaffinch x 1 Blue Tit x 1 Carrion Crow x 5 Magpie x 3 Mallard x 15 Woodpigeon x 10
Steve Judge said
Sun Jun 18 4:17 PM, 2017
18th June 2017 09:30 - 15:00 hrs. Hot and sunny. Crickhowell to Crug Hywel (Table Mountain) and return.
Red Kite x 5 Buzzard x 3 Kestrel x 1 Whinchat x 2 Stonechat x 3 Wheatear x 7 Redstart x 1 Yellowhammer x 1 Treecreeper x 1 Raven x 2 Skylark x 3 Meadow Pipit x 5 Pied Wagtail x 1 Dunnock x 1 Swift x 30 House Martin x 40 Swallow x 10 Chiffchaff x 5 Chaffinch x 3 Blue Tit x 1 Robin x 1 Willow Warbler x 1 House Sparrow x 12 Carrion Crow x 10 Jay x 1 Magpie x 4 Blackbird x 10 Jackdaw x 25
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 22nd of June 2017 10:01:07 PM
Walk 10 miles south east of Brecon town centre.
Llangynidr (Lower Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal) - along Beacons Way - Tor y Foel summit (551 metres) - return via Usk Valley Way and Monmouthshire and Brecon canal.
Pied Flycatcher x 2
Crossbill (Male) x 1
Redstart x 2
Cuckoo x 1
Wheatear x 1
Stonechat x 7
Red Kite x 4
Buzzard x 1
Raven x 1
Willow Tit x 3
Willow Warbler x 4
Blackcap x 1
Swallow x 5
Skylark x 4
Meadow Pipit x 5
Jay x 1
Magpie x 3
Blackbird x 7
Chaffinch x 5
Blue Tit x 3
Great Tit x 1
Robin x 3
Mallard x 1
Woodpigeon x 4
Crow x 7
Jackdaw x 1
Walk 5 miles south west of Brecon town centre:
Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre - Daudraeth Illtyd Nature Reserve - Cefn Llechid - Cwm-Camlais-uchaf - Blencamlais Fach - and return
Cuckoo x 1 (Male - heard and seen)
Redstart x 2 (Male and Female seen feeding chicks in nest inside old hollowed out post at side of stile!)
Red Kite x 10
Buzzard x 6
Stonechat x 8
Linnet x 4
Willow Warbler x 2
Chaffinch x 1
Greenfinch x 1
Pied Wagtail x 4
Mistle Thrush x 3
Swallow x 20
Skylark x 7
Meadow Pipit x 3
Nuthatch x 2
Wren x 1
Chaffinch x 8
Robin x 1
Great Tit x 2
Blue Tit x 1
House Sparrow x 10
Jackdaw x 15
Crow x 10
Starling x 50
Woodpigeon x 1
Feral Pigeon x 1
Mallard x 2
Blackbird x 3
Magpie x 4
Goshawk x 1 (Male)
Red Kite x 1
Buzzard x 10 different sightings
Kestrel x 1
Redstart x 1
Spotted Flycatcher x 1
Wheatear x 8 adults (and 4 juveniles seen) near summit of Sugar Loaf
Raven x 4
Treecreeper x 1
Dipper x 1
Skylark x 7
Meadow Pipit x 5
Chiffchaff x 3
Swift x 9
Swallow x 5
House Martin x 4
Carrion Crow x 10
Goldfinch x 4
Wren x 1
Mistle Thrush x 3
Blue Tit x 3
Great Tit x 1
Chaffinch x 5
Robin x 2
Dunnock x 1
House Sparrow x 3
Magpie x 3
Blackbird x 7
Wood Warbler x 1
Spotted Flycatcher x 1
Redstart x 1 (Female)
Willow Warbler x 5
Red Kite x 1
Buzzard x 4
Pied Wagtail x 2
Raven x 2
Chiffchaff x 4
Carrion Crow x 7
Swallow x 1
Swift x 1
Wren x 1
Blackbird x 5
Chaffinch x 3
Woodpigeon x 10
Magpie x 3
Redstart x 2 (1 Male adult and juvenile)
Reed Warbler x 15
Sedge Warbler x 4
Reed Bunting x 2
Goldcrest x 1
Red Kite x 1
Buzzard x 3
Willow Tit x 1
Chiffchaff x 5
Oystercatcher x 2
Grey Heron x 1
Goldfinch x 5
Song Thrush x 1
Swallow x 20
House Martin x 30
Swift x 25
Mute Swan x 70
Canada Geese x 15
Coot x 1
Lesser Black-Backed Gull x 3
Pied Wagtail x 2
Robin x 2
Dunnock x 1
House Sparrow x 5
Chaffinch x 1
Blue Tit x 1
Carrion Crow x 5
Magpie x 3
Mallard x 15
Woodpigeon x 10
18th June 2017 09:30 - 15:00 hrs. Hot and sunny. Crickhowell to Crug Hywel (Table Mountain) and return.
Red Kite x 5
Buzzard x 3
Kestrel x 1
Whinchat x 2
Stonechat x 3
Wheatear x 7
Redstart x 1
Yellowhammer x 1
Treecreeper x 1
Raven x 2
Skylark x 3
Meadow Pipit x 5
Pied Wagtail x 1
Dunnock x 1
Swift x 30
House Martin x 40
Swallow x 10
Chiffchaff x 5
Chaffinch x 3
Blue Tit x 1
Robin x 1
Willow Warbler x 1
House Sparrow x 12
Carrion Crow x 10
Jay x 1
Magpie x 4
Blackbird x 10
Jackdaw x 25
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 22nd of June 2017 10:01:07 PM