09:00,
2 FEB 2016
RSPB
Conwy's Julian Hughes reveals what birds have been spotted in the past week and
where to go birding in the coming days
Hundreds
of people across North Wales counted flying visitors in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch last weekend, with over 4m birds
reported to the website by Monday afternoon.
One
Daily Post reader photographed a Water Rail in her Deganwy garden,
feeding on seeds dropped by other birds beneath her feeder.
I
have seen Water Rails do this at RSPB Conwy, usually in cold conditions when
the reedbeds have frozen, but as a garden sighting, it’s unusual.
They
are secretive birds, their presence given away only by a loud squealing call.
Water
Rails move into Wales from continental Europe in Winter, but as a breeding
species, this is a scarce bird locally, resident at only a handful of sites.
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