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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 30 August 2014

News

There are now two Black-necked Grebes on Lisvane Res. The long-staying individual has been joined for a second time by another, this time a juvenile. This new bird has arrived during the night or earlier this am, as only the regular bird was present yesterday. [PB]

A couple of record shots from this evening with PB. This is the new BNG, which clearly shows the buffish wash to the ear-coverts and grey-buff to the neck. The dull eye and indistinct cap all suggest that this bird is a juvenile and not the moulting adult present for one day on the 26th Aug. This is now the third Black-necked Grebe to be present at Lisvane Res. in the past five days. 

Also present yesterday were a Swift & Green Sandpiper. Today a Common Sandpiper is present.
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1 comment:

Phil B said...

Thanks for the photos that confirm what I suspected when I first set eyes on it.

30 August 2014 at 19:23

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