A weekend in Leominster unfortunetaly did not produce the farmland birds we were hoping for. The highlight was a very tatty
peregrine falcon on our Saturday walk. The lowlight was finding an injured grass snake which had been hit by a car only seconds before we got to it. Though still alive we doubt it survided. Back in the town the churchyard was full of small birds flitting about which gave some nice photo opportunities. And on our way back we stopped at Glaslyn Lake (the one in Powys near Mach) and were rewarded with a flock of about 20
golden plover flying over our heads.
Today we walked along our local patch on the Dyfi river and had
goosander,
kingfisher, three
grey wagtail by the Dyfi bridge as well as about 20 flushed
snipe and 60
teal. At the end of our walk, almost back home, a tit flock contained two
goldcrest which had a bit of a quabble and showed their bright crests off nicely. We have also noticed that the number of
mistle thrushes has increased markedly in the area and subsequently has made it onto the garden list.
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