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

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

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

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

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. 1/2

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

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

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

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