NEW [Pre 2009]: Yellow-browed Warbler uploaded Aug. 2013

2009 Records

GOWER ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY & GLAMORGAN BIRD CLUB
All records of description species during 2009

Italics    No description or photographs submitted
A           Record Accepted by GRC unless stated (NB ‘w’ = waivered site)
P           Record Pended
NP        Record Not Proven
*            Welsh Description Species
**           British Birds Description Species
[WG]     West Glamorgan
[EG]      East Glamorgan
BOU Order

Garganey (Anas querquerdula)
   [WG] 23 Apr: 1 Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir
A [EG] 19 Mar: 3 (2m & 1f) at Cors Crycydd Reen, Cardiff - N.P. Fairney
A [EG] 26 Apr: 1 Kenfig Dunes - C. Gittins

**Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
A [EG] 1 Jan to 8 May: 1 Cardiff Bay or Cosmeston CP - (multi-obs)
A [EG] 11 Oct to 31 Dec: 1 Cardiff Bay or Cosmeston CP - (multi-obs)
                                                               (c) R.G. Smith

Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
A [EG] 30 Nov: 1 Ogmore-by-sea - N.P. Roberts & M. Evans

*Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
A [WG] 19-25 Nov: 1 fem/imm Bracelet Bay - P.R. Murray 

Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
   [WG] 17 Jan: 1 Mouth of Afan
A [WG] 13 Jan: 1 Oxwich Bay - B. Stewart
A [EG]  26 Nov: 1 Lavernock Point -  D.R.W. Gilmore

Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
   [WG] 16 Mar: 1 Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir - Anon (Birdguides)

Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
A [EG] 1 Jan to 10 Mar: 1 Cardiff Bay - S.P. Hinton & J.D. Wilson et al 

Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedia borealis)
A [WG] 28 Jul: 1 Swansea Ind. Est. - S. Allen    
(c) B. Stewart

Leach's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
A [EG]  18 Nov: 3 off Porthcawl - N. Donaghy & N.P. Roberts
A [WG] 23 Nov: 1 Afan Argord Park - S. Allen
A [EG] 23 Nov: 2 off Porthcawl - N. Donaghy & R.G. Smith
A [EG] 23 Nov: 1 Lavernock Point - D.R.W. Gilmore
A [EG] 25 Nov: 1 Cold Knap Point - R. Mitchell

Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
A [EG] 25 Jan to 14 Mar & 27 Oct to 28 Dec, with 2 on 29 Nov: all Kenfig NNR - multi-obs
A [EG] 8 Jan to 28 Jan & 19 to 22 Dec: 1 Cosmeston CP - BirdGuides & W. Criddle
A [EG] 9 Jan: 1 Parc Slip - M. Clark
                                                                (c) M. Clark
A [EG] 9 Jan & 10 Jan: 1 Parc Tredelerch: - D.R.W. Gilmore, R. Mitchell & M.C. Powell
A [EG] 13 Jan: 1 Cors Crycydd Reen - R. Mitchell
A [EG] 5 Feb to 8 Mar: 1 Hendre Lake - multi-obs
            [A bird found morbid there on 11 Mar was ringed in Nokia Finland - G. Stamp]
                                                              (c) R.G. Smith
A [EG] 20 Dec: 1 Wentloog Level - D.R.W. Gilmore

**Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
A [EG] 31 Mar: 1 Kenfig Pool - N. Donaghy [2008 record accepted 2009] 

Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
A [WG] 04 Jan: 1 Gwyn-faen - B. Stewart
A [EG] 11 Apr: 1 Kenfig Saltmarsh - T. Messenger
A [EG] 12 Apr: 1 Kenfig Pool - V. Rees & D.G. Carrington

Honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
A [EG]  13 Aug: 1 Maesteg - M. Hnatiuk
A [WG] 12 Sep: 1 Culfor Road fields - B. Stewart
A [WG] 15 Sep: 1 Park Woods - Satellite transmitter on nestling

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
A [EG] 13 May: 1 Kenfig NNR - N. Donaghy
A [EG] 1 Aug: 1 Kenfig NNR - N. Donaghy
A [EG] 8 Aug: 1 Kenfig NNR - N. Donaghy

**Gyr Falcon (Falco rusticolus)
A [WG] 17-19 Dec: 1 juv fem Scurlage - A. Lucas

Corn Crake (Crex crex)
*A [EG] 11 Sep: 1 St. Mellons, Cardiff - A. Dowson
              [Found dead after hitting over-head powerlines]

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
A [EG] 9 Aug: 1 Cosmeston CP - N. Addecott & J. Hunt

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
A [EG] 3 Aug to 7 Aug: 1 Llanilid - A. Hughes

Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
   [WG] 10 Jan: 1 Nicholaston Pill - Anon
A [EG] 3 Sep: 1 Ogmore Estuary - N.P. Roberts
A [WG] 20 Nov: 1 Oxwich Marsh - B. Stewart
(c) B. Stewart
A [WG] 20 Nov: 1 Neath Estuary - M. Hipkin

Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
A [WG] 15 Aug: 1 Port Eynon Point - M. Hipkin
A [EG] 24 Nov: 1 Lavernock Point - D.R.W. Gilmore
A [EG] 27 Nov: 1 Lavernock Point - W. Strong 

Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
A [EG] 24 Nov: 1 Cardiff Heliport - R. Mitchell 

**Bonaparte's Gull (Croicocephalus philadelphia)
A [EG] 8 Mar to 26 Mar: 1 Cardiff Bay/River Taff - G.N. Smith et al

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
A [EG] 1 Jan to 8 Apr: 1 2nd W Parc Tredelerch, Cardiff - P.G. Lansdown & R. Mitchell
A [EG] 5 Jan to 9 Jan: 1 1st W Parc Tredelerch, Cardiff - R. Mitchell
A [EG] 8 Apr: 1 1st S Cardiff Heliport - R. Mitchell
A [EG] 28 Apr: 1 1st S Rhymney Estuary - M. Chown & D.R.W. Gilmore

 Iceland Gull (Latus glaucoides)
A [WG] 23 Jan - 05 Feb: 1 1st w Afon Tawe by Sainsbury's / Beach - A. Lucas
A [EG] 2 Feb to 30 Mar: 1 1st W Ogmore Estuary - N.P. Roberts
(c) N.P. Roberts
A [EG] 3 & 4 Feb: 1 1st W Rhymney Estuary - R. Mitchell
A [EG] 27 Jan, 9 & 10 Feb: 1 1st W Cardiff Heliport - R. Mitchell
A [EG] 10 Feb: 1 1st W Penarth Head - J.D. Wilson
A [EG] 22 Feb 21 Mar: 1 1st W: Cosmeston CP - A. Bevan & S. Hinton
A [WG] 23 Feb - 01 Mar: 1 1st w River Afan / Port Talbot Harbour - L. Phillip
A [WG] 05 Mar - 14 Mar: 1 1st w Bracelet Bay - B. Stewart
(c) B. Stewart
A [EG] 21 Mar: 1 1st W Kenfig Pool - N. Fairney (same bird as Ogmore est.)

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
A [WG] 21 Jan: 1 1st w Port Talbot Breakwater (north) - N. Donaghy
A [EG] 23 Jan to 26 Feb: 1 1st W Ogmore Estuary - N.P. Roberts
(c) N.P. Roberts
A [WG] 01 Feb - 01 Mar: 1 1st w Swansea Docks West Pier - I. Tew
A [WG] 12 Feb: 1 1st w Margam Sands, works effluent - B. Stewart
(c) B. Stewart
A [EG] 12 & 13 Feb: 1 ad W Rhymney Estuary - R. Mitchell
    [WG] 22 Feb: 1 1st w River Afan
A [WG] 23 Feb - 01 Mar: 1 2nd w River Afan / Port Talbot Harbour - (multi-obs)
A [EG] 21 Mar: 1 1st W Cardiff Heliport - R. Mitchell

Little Auk (Alle alle)
A [EG] 26 Nov: 1 Lavernock Point - D.R.W. Gilmore

Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
A [EG] 30 May: 1 Cosmeston CP - J. Curtis & J. Wilson
A [WG] 02 Jun: 1 Brynawel Close, Crynant - H.E. Coats

Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
A [EG] 8 Sep: 1 Cardiff Bay Wetlands Res. - trapped & ringed D. Bull
(c) D. Bull
A [EG] 26 Sep: 1 Lavernock Point - S. Howcroft, J. Roex, J.D. Wilson

*Wood Lark (Lulula arborea)
A [EG] 7 Oct: 1 Cosmeston CP - J.D. Wilson et al

Richard's Pipit (Anths richardi)
A [EG] 20 to 27 Dec: 1 Southerndown - M. Bell
(c) N.P. Roberts

Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
A [WG] 17 Jan: 1 Neath Abbey saltmarsh - B. Stewart
w [WG] 15 Mar: 1 Burry Inlet: Culfor Road Saltmarsh - B. Stewart
w [EG] 23 Apr: 1 Rumney Great Wharf - D.R.W Gilmore
w [EG] 4 to 7 Nov: 1 Ogmore Estuary - N.P. Roberts
w [EG] 11 Nov to 29 Nov: 1 Rumney Great Wharf - (multi-obs)
w [EG] 1 Dec (1), then (2) on 2 Dec, with (1) remaining till 14 Dec: Ogmore Est. - (multi-obs)
A [EG] 17 to 25 Dec: Llwyn-on Reservoir - M. Hogan
w [EG] 27 Dec: (2) Ogmore Estuary - M. Bell

Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
A [EG] 1 Jan to 11 Jan: (max 8) Sully - (multi-obs)
A [EG] 13 Jan: 8 at School Road, Kenfig Hill - S.J. Moon, D.G. Carrington
A [EG] 8-10 Feb: 1 Broadlands, Bridgend - M.S. Cram & E.J. Cram

(c) N.P. Roberts

Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
A [EG] 1-10 Dec: 1 Llangynwyd - C. Gittins & P. Parsons
                                                                     (c) C. Thomas

*Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
A [EG] 1-7 Jan: 1 Cosmeston CP - N.J. Davies & J.D. Wilson [From 2008]
                                                               (c) A. Bevan

**Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)
A [EG] 14 Oct: 1 A male at Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve - R.G. Smith
[2nd VC41 record, First record for Cardiff UA]

Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
A [EG] 7-17 Dec: 1 Perthcelyn, SW of Mountain Ash - M.J. Bevan & P. Hill

*Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
A [WG] 16-18 Jun: 1 2cy fem Rhossili - B. Swinnerton
(c) B. Stewart

Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
   [WG] 18 Sep - 19 Sep: 1 Rhossili

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
   [WG] 20 Jan - 26 Jan: 1 Tutt Head - (multi observer)
A [EG] 26 Jan: 1 Werfa - C. Richards & M.S. Thomas
                                                               (c) M.S. Thomas
A [EG] 31 Jan & 1 Feb: 1 Mynydd Eglwysilan - G. Williams & A. Williams
A [EG] 20 Nov & again from 17-31 Dec: 1 Southerndown - N.P. Roberts
A [EG] 11 Dec: 1 Mynydd Eglwysilan - A. Williams [2008 Record accepted 2009]
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