Fabulous weather and visibility for our first Public Walk of 2020 this morning. Twenty -six folk came along, and enjoyed a walk to the sea with a rising tide. (30+ surfers to entertain us)
Highlights were:- Marsh Harrier, being pursued by two Short-eared Owls, three very bright Greenfinch, Purple Sandpiper, lots of Curlew and a shag on the rocks at Sker, whilst folk with ‘scopes found us Red -Throated Divers, Great Crested Grebe and Common Scoter out to sea. We had a total of 49! A really good start for our 2020 total. If folk who went to the pool as well could give us any extras, that would be great.
Black-headed Gull , Blackbird , Blue Tit , Bullfinch , Buzzard , Carrion Crow, Collared Dove Coot , Cormorant , Curlew, Dunnock , Gadwall , Goldcrest , Golden Plover, Great Crested Grebe , Great Tit, Greenfinch, Herring Gull , House Sparrow, Jackdaw , Lesser Black-backed Gull , Linnet, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit , Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Peregrine, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Purple Sandpiper, Raven, Robin, Shag, Short-eared Owl, Sparrowhawk , Starling , Stonechat, Teal , Turnstone , Woodpigeon, Wren, Rock Pipit, Little Grebe, GS Woodpecker, Common Scoter, Red- Throated Diver.
Thanks to everyone for coming, sharing telescopes, and for helping with ID.
Glamorgan Bird Club 