{"id":745,"date":"2012-02-19T14:43:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T14:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=745"},"modified":"2012-09-05T14:53:25","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T14:53:25","slug":"a-twitch-for-a-welsh-yank-19th-february-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-twitch-for-a-welsh-yank-19th-february-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"A Twitch for a Welsh Yank – 19th February 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA first winter male American Common Yellowthroat was discovered last week in fields at an unpronounceable Welsh Village in Gwent called Riwhderyn (I believe pronounced something like Ruth Derran ).<\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\tNevertheless a very nice and friendly village and a totally unexpected place to find a “Yankie Passerine” in February. The bird had obviously managed to overwinter from last autumn. A superb morning and setting and very soon this stunning little bird was performing to a well behaved crowd of birders. So far a good candidate for bird of the year. The last one I saw was in 1997 on the Isles of Scilly, where else!!<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\tI managed a few record shots but for me the bird never came anywhere near close enough to get a decent image. I think Magee Marsh or Cape May in the spring is the best place to be!!! I’ll try and get there one day.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\tWe moved on to view a stunning drake Lesser Scaup at Cosmeston Lakes in Glamorgan. We soon located the bird amongst a small flock of Tufted Ducks. But alas this was also a little distant for my camera gear. There was also a superb Whooper Swan nearby which was  a little easier to photograph!<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\tThe day finally finished on a low note, we dipped on the Bonaparte’s Gull at Cardiff Bay Water Treatment Works, despite spending several hours here in the hope that it would show itself.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\tWe did manage a Peregrine and an adult winter Mediterranean Gull, so a few more year ticks to move my list on to 138.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\tIMAGES – No:1, 2, 3 – 1stw male Common Yellowthroat \/ No:4 & 5 – Whooper Swan \/ No: 6, 7 & 8 -Drake Lesser Scaup \/ No: 9 Adult winter Black-headed Gull \/ No:10 – 2ndw Lesser Black-backed Gull \/ No: 11 & 12 – 1stw Black-headed Gull \/ No:13 – Drake Tufted Duck \/ No:14 – Cosmoston Lake.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t\"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A first winter male American Common Yellowthroat was discovered last week in fields at an unpronounceable Welsh Village in Gwent called Riwhderyn (I believe pronounced something like Ruth Derran ).   Nevertheless a very nice and friendly village and a totally unexpected place to find a “Yankie Passerine” in February. The bird had obviously managed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18,262,172],"tags":[295,299,300,296,298,89,297,301,302],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-19","category-birds","category-birdsof2012","category-year","tag-american-common-yellowthroat","tag-cosmeston-lakes","tag-glamorgan","tag-gwent","tag-lesser-scaup","tag-peregrine","tag-riwhderyn","tag-tufted-duck","tag-whooper-swan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}