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.
Saturday 23 March 2013
Cardiff Bay
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull, Little Gull + 12 Sand Martins in the bay.
Phil, There are two records with maxima higher than the 1981 record: 74 at Kenfig Pool 15/04/1974 & 56 at Port Talbot Harbour 4/05/1974. There were very large numbers reported at many sites during an influx in 1974 & 1975, not to be repeated until 13th Sept 1981.
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Barry - There is now a record from Flat Holm - you'll get shortly with new the sync file.
That distribution map ought to have big dot over Kenfig - there were 54 Little Gulls there one day in Sep 1981...amazing sight!
Phil, There are two records with maxima higher than the 1981 record: 74 at Kenfig Pool 15/04/1974 & 56 at Port Talbot Harbour 4/05/1974. There were very large numbers reported at many sites during an influx in 1974 & 1975, not to be repeated until 13th Sept 1981.
It is possible to plot dots so that the bigger the figure the bigger the dot - I'll figure it out one day!
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