Your recent sightings at Conwy
Your recent sightings
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Starling numbers approach fifty thousand
January saw the starling murmurations build up as we'd hoped, with small numbers at the start of the new year increasing towards 50 thousand birds later in the month and producing some spectacular aerial displays as they arrived to roost in the...
Posted 09 Feb 2019 by Tim Wallis -
New Year begins with some early signs of starling activity
After much anticipation it seems that starling numbers have begun to show some signs of increasing, with some impressive murmurations already seen over the past few of days, perhaps numbering around 5000 - 10,000 birds. Hopefully this will contin...
Posted 12 Jan 2019 by Tim Wallis -
Visitors arrive from the north!
One of the highlights for November was a female long-tailed duck which was present on the shallow lagoon over six days from 23/11 to 28/11 (photo by Jonni Price). This is the first recorded sighting of the species on the reserve, though it is...
Posted 09 Dec 2018 by Tim Wallis -
Winter on the way
Highlights over the past month have included several jack snipe (photo by Marc Hughes) with individuals present on 8/10 and 11/10, and two on 20/10 seen on the shallow lagoon from the Tal y Fan hide and coffee shop. A great white egret flew over o...
Posted 22 Nov 2018 by Tim Wallis -
Autumn brings a few surprises
A strong contender for ‘bird of the month’ for September was the spotted crake present on 22/9, which put in regular appearances in front of the coffee shop throughout the afternoon (photo shows a bird seen previously). This was the fifth record f...
Posted 07 Oct 2018 by Tim Wallis -
Waders keep moving as summer draws to an end
Wood Sandpiper The most sought after bird over the past month was undoubtedly the wood sandpiper which stayed with us for 15 days from 8/8 to 23/8 and generally showed very well for visitors. Other main highlights were further visits from a great...
Posted 03 Sep 2018 by Tim Wallis
Grid Reference: SH7977 (+2km)
- Grey Phalarope (0)
- 17 Mar 2019
- Red-breasted Merganser (2)
- 17 Mar 2019
- Bar-tailed Godwit (1)
- 17 Mar 2019
- Goosander (0)
- 16 Mar 2019
- Kingfisher (1)
- 16 Mar 2019
- Whimbrel (0)
- 12 Mar 2019
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- 17 Mar 2019
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- 17 Mar 2019
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- 17 Mar 2019
- Pochard (5)
- 17 Mar 2019
