Teifi Birding and Wildlife

Waxwings peaked at seven  birds on the 22nd and we still have seven on the 26th.. 19 days of trilling, feeding and now almost acrobatic feeding as they sally forth for flying insects... Colour ringed Waxwing = Jen Evans One of the 7 has colour rings. It was ringed by the Mid Wales Ringing Group near Treowen Leisure Centre in Newtown, Powys on 2nd January 2024. It was one of 25 ringed out of a flock of 67. Thanks to Tony Cross for the ringing details. Update from Tony about other movements of Waxwings ringed in Newtown. Onward Waxwing movements With the snowy weather more birds were coming to garden feeders. Several people locally are seeing Blackcaps in their gardens and a female was seen on the Teifi Marshes on the 26th by Colin Dalton. Blackcap - Dyfed James Our two egret " resident" species are becoming less predictable in their movements after the freeze. Both species are relatively early breeders, and though occasionally both several Little and the 2 Cattle Egrets ar

The Waxwings are continuing to delight visitors to the Teifi Marshes. First seen on the 8th Jan, 3 until the 12th when a 4th appeared.  A 5th was seen on the 13th. Still 4 present today, the 16th. Waxwing - Tommy Evans From daily observations it has been noted that Egrets fly down the Teifi  from up the gorge early morning, presumably roosting in the woods somewhere not to far away, maybe the heronry ?? The 2 Cattle Egrets  are now much more   mobile now the floods have receded. Often still in fields near Parc Teifi Ind. Estate, may sometimes fly further down river. Cattle Egrets from Curlew hide on the 14th - Jen Evans Sunday was the monthly Wetland Bird Survey for the BTO. This month the data is also being fed into the  International Waterbird Census. Fog in the Teifi Valley slowly cleared for a good count. Mallard pond A Black-tailed Godwit was roosting with 13 Curlew  on the island in Mallard pond. Snipe were feeding around the edge. The Godwit has been seen regularly all winter

On the 8th ...3 Waxwings in Hawthorns along main track near Mallard hide - Teifi Marshes at 1130  (Josh Brown). Waxwing on the 9th - Tommy Evans On the 9th we re-found the 3  Waxwings as they flew in from Cilgerran direction 0840, presumably from roosting elsewhere. Over the course of the 9th and 10th, well photographed by many, enjoyed by many more.... Waxwing on the 10th - Tommy Evans With the reserve ponds frozen from the 8th, the best viewing of water birds was from Curlew hide. On the 10th - 97 Teal and 57 Dunlin . This fine drake Pintail on the 8th was the first we have seen since 2022, and coincided with a very large count of 71 at Kilpaison in S Pembs. Record shot of the brief visit by a Pintail - WJ I think the drake Goldeneye below arrived on the 7th, a day before the Pintail. As mentioned in the previous post, a species we are seeing less, and in much lower numbers... Goldeneye on the 7th - Diane Williams Red-breasted Mergansers are only just annual on the Teifi and don