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Welcome to the GRC Recorders pages. This blog provides details on all the relevant news of Glamorgan’s scarcer birds, plus all BBRC & WRP decisions that affect us locally. It will also be used to document the status and occurrence of these scarcer species and we welcome contributions from anyone with photographs, artwork or documentation of rarities past, present and future. The GRC also welcomes all seawatching news from around Glamorgan and news of passage migrants in spring & autumn, uncommon birds in our area and unusual behaviour.


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The Glamorgan Rarities Committee, in conjunction with the Glamorgan Bird Club & Gower Wildlife , have agreed to co-operate with the Welsh Ornithological Society in the sharing of bird records & photographs in the interest of keeping accurate records and to promote birdwatching in North, Mid & South Wales.

Sunday, 17 February 2013

Hawfinch at Waun y Gilfach

(c) P. Tabor
Record shot of a Hawfinch found, this morning, by Paul Tabor and Anthony Williams near Waun y Gilfach along the road, not far from the NPT/Bridgend border. The exact location is in Bridgend County at SS 84651 87676. Last seen flying down into the small line of trees next to farm house.
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2 comments:

DRWG said...

Nice find both & good record shot. Well done.

18 February 2013 at 13:26
Paul tabor said...

Thanks Dave it was a late xmas present i'm sure, went looking for great grey shrike but first bird we came across was this hawfinch,amazing, goes to show anything can turn up anywhere.

19 February 2013 at 20:53

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