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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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Saturday, 15 June 2013

Red-necked Phalarope at Kenfig


Graham Roblin found this Red-necked Phalarope on a sandy scrape at Kenfig, this afternoon. He got the news out quickly and many birders were able to enjoy the bird if not the trek! Plumage was maybe a little drab and not quite as colourful as one might expect for the species at this time of year. Possibly indicating that this bird is a 1st summer male?
Congratulations to Graham on his find, which keeps the Kenfig River area on a hot streak.
Also showing from this location, albeit briefly, the Purple Heron and a Hobby.

Records of Red-necked Phalarope in Glamorgan
1956: Kenfig Pool 30th Sept. [3]
1960: Aberavon 11th Sept. [1]
1960: Worm's Head 17th Sept. [2], with 1 there on 4th Oct.
1963: Whitmore Bay, Barry 12th Apr. [1]
1963: Blackpill 5th July [1]
1963: Kenfig Pool 27th Oct to 3rd Nov. [1]
1963: Kenfig Pool 24th Nov. [1]
1964: Blackpill 19th & 20th Sept. [1]
1975: Neath Est. 27th Sept. [1]
1977: Kenfig Pool 6th Mar. [1]
1987: Sker Pool 18th Oct. [1]
2000: Watermill, Ogmore 13th Nov. [1]
2003: Eglwys Nunydd Res. 21st to 24th Sept. [1]
2008: Watermill, Ogmore 15th & 16th Oct. [1]
2013: Kenfig NNR 15th June [1]
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1 comment:

Paul Parsons said...

No sign of the Phalarope or LRPs this morning, the ponds were full of cattle. per CG.

16 June 2013 at 11:28

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