I am now looking for photographs for the 2025 East Glamorgan Bird report. Members are encouraged to submit their images of birds taken in East Glamorgan during 2025 for possible inclusion, details are in the attached brief.

Firecrest

Nice, don’t think I’ve ever had them there on webs

Red-throated diver, Porthcawl marina

Scops Owl from Dunvant park, Swansea this evening

Wryneck at Goldcliff

A great morning at Strumble with most of the target species seen. Highlight was record numbers of Sabine’s gulls passing at close range, sometimes out of view below the cliff!

Ruff from the Canal scrape at Spurn

There’s lots of ring-reading potential at Port eynon, sandwich tern numbers should start building now

Nice, me and Holly had it a week or so ago

I’m already looking for photo submissions for the 2024 bird report, for any members on here who haven’t seen the latest newsletter. Guidance attached. @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social

Sandwich tern: 2T0 - ringed on Texel, Netherlands 2015. Appears to breed in Norfolk and winter in Namibia

Sandwich tern E31. Ringed in NE Scotland 3 weeks earlier as a chick

UHF. A regular 10 year old Coquet island breeder, has been seen regularly in France. Also in Norfolk and Kent

Med gull A3KL. Ringed at a colony in Leipzig it had also been to Norfolk

Colour ring reading is really getting going here at Spurn recently with the arrival of passage Sandwich terns from their breeding colonies. Details the pictures. Current totals for the season:

Sandwich tern: 10
Little tern: 16
Med gull: 3
Dunlin, Knot, Common gull, GBBG: 1

A small, light grey and white bird with a black head, a yellow beak, and orange legs. It is sitting on a sandy beach with water in the background.

A small, light grey and white bird with a black head, a yellow beak, and orange legs. It is sitting on a sandy beach with water in the background. The bird has turned its head to preen its back.

A close-up photo of a white bird with orange legs. Only a small part of the tail, the belly, and the legs are visible. On the right leg is a metal ring. On the left leg is a green ring with the letters HKL written on it. The bird is standing on sand.

Wow! A very exciting discovery by one of our wardens, Tate, during his afternoon shift today.

This Little Tern was first ringed as a chick at the Beacon Ponds colony back in 2013.
It was recaptured in Senegal last April and fitted with a green colour ring - HKL.

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3cy GBBG from Skudeholmen, Norway. Sighted once in Denmark and once at Spurn last year.

2cy Commom gull from Slottholmen, Norway. First sighting

Knot ETY ringed on the Wash in January. First sighting

Little tern BCH. No data yet

Lots of colour-ringed birds here at Spurn in the last week. GBBG and Common gull from Norway, Knot from the Wash and 7 different Little terns from across Britain @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social

Common rosefinch

Purple sandpaper

Temminck’s stint

A few decent birds at Spurn this week

Great views of Sand martin today. This little colony seemed unbothered by people coming and going

Dotterel from Cefn Cadlan yesterday evening. The trip of 4 showed very well late evening. Great find by @markhipkin.bsky.social

Some dodgy phonescopes from Alkborough flats this evening. Wood sandpiper and drake Garganey @lincsbirding.bsky.social

Broad-billed sandpiper from Goldcliff this evening. A rarity I’ve always wanted to see. We’ll done to finder #gwentbirds

A productive afternoon at Sker. The Yellow wagtail at the pool showed very well with patience. Also present were 10+ White wags, a single Whinchat and 5 Wheatear

F:A01. A Hybrid Herring x Lesser at Ogmore estuary. Ringed as a LBBG chick on Flatholm in 2021, with no other sightings since

CHX. Ringed at a landfill site in Gloucestershire, it’s 17 years old and has made several visits to Portugal but seems settled now at Roath lake

L + P. A Roath lake regular, but has visited Spain on many occasions. 12 years old

F:F02. Ringed as an adult on Flatholm in 2024. 2 records from Fuerteventura in September 2024

Myself and @tudders904.bsky.social have made an effort to look for colour-ringed large gulls in the past month or so and have seen 20 birds, with quite few being first sightings. Some of the more interesting birds attached with details on the photos

Nice! Hopefully it stays until tomorrow

A great morning birding at Alkborough flats, didn’t expect to find a drake American wigeon. Other highlights included 7 Spoonbill, 2 singing Sedge warblers and my first House Martin of the year with 46 Sand Martin and 2 Swallow @birdguides.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social