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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 25 January 2014

Bonapartes' Gull - Cosmeston

Lol Middleton found an Ad Bonaparte's on W lake Cosmeston this morning at around 10 a.m. I got there at around 10:30 when it had flown off apparently to E lake but could not be re-found, so poss has gone off the Cardiff Bay.
Below is a quick digiscoped pic by Lol.

Andy Burns also got there quicker than me and managed some excellent shots just before and as it flew off. Here's a link to his set of 8 pix.
http://andyburnsphotography.zenfolio.com/bonapartes/h240b2116#h240b2116

Nice find Lol and well done Andy.
PS this appears to be a first record for Cosmeston - nice one!

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