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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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Friday, 1 May 2015

Egyptian Goose - Ogmore 01/05/15

Few pictures of the Egyptian Goose at Ogmore - took about 60 pictures from as many angles as I could if the GRC need more. Here's a broad selection. Bird would walk away if I got closer than 30 yards while the Canada's and Mutes didn't give a ****. Tried the bread trick - but would not come to bread.



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5 comments:

DRWG said...

Thanks Martyn. It will be a bit of a local twitch I suppose since it counts now!

1 May 2015 at 17:44
Barry Stewart said...

Good to hear it passed the bread test!

1 May 2015 at 23:00
Richard G. Smith said...

My list is pure!!!!!!!!!!!! But I am certain the Wood Duck at Glamorgan Canal was a far more interesting new bird for Glam than this. Whatever happened to that?

2 May 2015 at 14:51
DRWG said...

I saw two Wood Ducks at Eggy Nun once, they were ok I thought. Ring-necked Parakeet is still a no-no as is Ruddy Shelduck.
As for Gypo Goose, it is on the A List of all counties near us and it is increasing in the feral populations in Avon & Wilts. We were out of sync with our neighbours.
As for pure - No Mute Swan, Mandarin, Ruddy Duck, Pheasant, R-L Partridge & Little Owl then.

2 May 2015 at 19:59
Phil B said...

Wood Duck isn't on any category of the British List so the Eggie Nun and Glamorgan Canal birds have a mountain of of Everest proportions confronting them!

4 May 2015 at 21:35

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