Glamorgan Rarities Committee

GRC Blog

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.

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Glamorgan Boundaries

Map showing mid-point boundaries between adjacent vice-counties, which should be helpful for anyone venturing out into the Bristol Channel. Also shown is the East Glamorgan / West Glamorgan boundary and the East Glamorgan extensions to vc41, shown in pale blue.

Thursday, 25 August 2011

Great White Egret at Waungron

Julian Evans has sent us these very nice photos of the Great White Egret adding "taken on 25th August 2011, at Upper Loughor estuary (Glamorgan side) at Waungron on private land with kind permission of the owner."

Saturday, 20 August 2011

Port Eynon Poms

Two Pomarine Skuas lingered off the point for 5 mins or so before heading off west, at one point chasing a Kittiwake. Pale phase adult with spoons picked up well east of point heading west and landed on sea straight out at 11:38. Pale phase immature bird was then picked up at 11:51 straight out chasing a Kittiwake. This was joined by the adult then they both headed off west together.

Cormorant

drying out wings or aiding digestion ? or perhaps both ?

Gower news

Two Pomarine Skuas past Port Eynon this am [per BS].

Friday, 19 August 2011

raptor over Skewen

Julie Eustace sent me this photograph of a raptor over her Skewen house yesterday, which she said was much bigger than a nearby buzzard. The pointed carpels, narrow wing bases and long neck and tail all look good for Honey-buzzard to me. Any other thoughts?

Monday, 15 August 2011

Great Shearwater 14miles WSW off Worm's Head

Two shots of the Great Shearwater taken from the Swansea-Cork Ferry on 7th August, c14 miles WSW of Worm's Head, Gower [VC41]. Both photos by Peter Howlett.

Garganey.

I flushed what looked like the same drake seen on 6th and 10th this morning from Kenfig east shore.

Saturday, 13 August 2011

Seawatching at Port Eynon

Observers :- Mark Hipkin and Dave Pritchard
Time :- 05:50 to 09:40
Weather :- Overcast with some light rain
Wind :- SW 15-20mph

Storm Petrel 1 (west at 06:10)
Great Skua 1 (west at 07:17)
The commoner species showed variable directional movement, passing east and west and best guess tallies are given. Otherwise (w) = passing west
Common Scoter 39(w), Manx Shearwater 100+, Fulmar 8+, Gannet 30+, Whimbrel 2(w), Kittiwake 80+, Sandwich Tern 20+ and Common Tern 2(w)

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