All Records per GOS/GBC database - Last Up-dated 27/04/2013, 22/03/2014, 26/12/2016
Glamorgan [VC & Greater Glamorgan]
334 species recorded [Caspian Gull, Great Spotted Cuckoo & Egyptian Goose all 2015]
West Glamorgan
323 species [Black-headed Bunting accepted. Pallid Swift pending BBRC]
Eastern Glamorgan
313 species [2015: Little Bunting, GSC accepted BBRC, Egyptian Goose]
Swansea & Gower
300 [Isabelline Wheatear 2011 BBRC accepted April 2012]
Neath Port Talbot
245 [Latest addition: Ross's Gull BBRC 2014 & Green-winged Teal WRP 2014]
Bridgend
292 [Latest additions: Black Stork 2011 & Egyptian Goose [2015], Gull-billed Tern 2015
Rhondda Cynon Taff
201 [Latest addition: 2015 Great Spotted Cuckoo BBRC accepted & Black Kite pending WRP]
Caerphilly [West - Glamorgan side of county boundary]
190 [Latest additions: Osprey 2015]
Merthyr
160 [Latest additions: Great White Egret 2014]
Vale of Glamorgan
277 [Latest additions: Caspian Gull 2015]
Cardiff UA
268 (269) [Latest additions: Little Bunting 2015 accepted. Cattle Egret 2016]
[Note: All Glamorgan records of REDHEAD have been reviewed by BBRC and has been deemed not proven. This effects the Glamorgan, East Glamorgan , Bridgend UA, RCT, Vale & Cardiff lists. All will be deducted 1 species.]
Year-listing Glamorgan County Record Holders
Glamorgan
223 (2003 by Barry Stewart & Dean Bolt - M. Hnatiuk 221 in 2010)
[The list set in 2003 (DCB & BS) has been deducted 1 for the loss of the Redhead. The list now stands at 222]
West Glamorgan
201 (2003: B. Stewart)
Eastern Glamorgan
194 (2003 D.C. Bolt & 2010 M. Hnatiuk)
[The list set in 2003 by DCB has been deducted 1 for the loss of the Redhead]
Cardiff UA
236 (PB)
235 (DRWG)
Year Listing
167 (2010, A. Bevan)
164 (2005, DRWG)
Swansea
188 (2003, B.Stewart)
Bridgend
186 (2011. M. Hnatiuk)
184 (2005, M.S. Cram)
Neath Port Talbot
177 (2013, R. Jones)
175 (2013, M. Hipkin)
165 (2010, M. Hipkin)
Vale of Glamorgan
162 (2007, D.C. Bolt)
Merthyr UA
113 (2012, M.T. Hogan) & 109 (M. Bell)
RCT
123 (2015 Adrian Meredith & 116 (2005, M.J. Bevan)
Caerphilly
108 (2006, G.F. Thomas)
Day Lists
Glamorgan 24hr
120 [1985: P.G. Lansdown et al]
116 [1986: Cardiff Team]
West Glamorgan 24hr
106 [1992, RHAT, KRL, NE, RD]
Mid Glamorgan 24hr
111 [1993: S.J. Moon, D.C. Bolt & O.J. Leyshon]
South Glamorgan 24hr
101 [1993: R.G. Smith, P. Bristow & D.R.W. Gilmore]
Cardiff UA 24hr
96 [2005: S.R. Golaszewski & D.R.W. Gilmore]
Cardiff New Year's Day
89 [1991: H. Harrop & E. Hunter]
Kenfig NNR 24hr
72 [2005: M.S. Cram]
Neath Port Talbot 24hr
91 [2011: M. Hipkin]
Blue-list sites 200+ species recorded:
Eastern Glamorgan
Kenfig NNR 276
Aberthaw 212
Llanishen/Lisvane Reservoirs 210
Lavernock area 206
Ogmore area 202
West Glamorgan
Oxwich area 177
Whiteford NNR area 176
more will appear here...
Note: all lists are provisional and are calculated from the Glamorgan database.
Glamorgan Listers
[Glamorgan birders with a county list known to be over 280. Not in order under top 2]
Dean Bolt (294)
Steve Moon RIP (293)
Phil Bristow (290+)
Rob Taylor (290+)
David Gilmore (290+)
Barry Stewart
Dave Palmer
Paul Roberts
Neil Donaghy
Alex Bevan
[Glamorgan Birders with a county list over 250. Not in order]
Ken Lloyd RIP
Mike Powell
Judd Hunt
Martyn Hnatiuk
Maurice Chown RIP
Steve Hinton
Richard Smith
Peter Lansdown
Martin Bevan
Cliff Woodhead
Paul Parsons
Mike Cram
Rob Mitchell
Clive Hurford
Geri Thomas
Harold Grenville
Bob Howells
Rob Jones
Lol Middleton?
Graham Smith?
John Wilson?
Nigel Addecott?
Nigel Fairney?
Stefan Golaszewski? RIP
Martin Bell?
Phil Hill?
Mike Hogan?
Alastair Flannigan?
Simon Murray?
Peter Murray?
Mark Hipkin [261 - latest addition Squacco Heron 29/5/16]
[Apologies for anyone missing from the above list]
[Not including Snow Goose, Egyptian Goose (any records before 1st May 2015), Ruddy Shelduck, Redhead, R-n Parakeet & Skua sp in a box!] Updated 16.iv.2015
EGBR Stats:
Records on database (East Glamorgan only):
1980 = 528
1981 = 507
1982 = 386
1983 = 756
1984 = 1,136
1985 = 1,197
1986 = 1,263
1987 = 1,342
1988 = 962
1989 = 1,250
1990 = 1,950
1991 = 1,731
1992 = 1,223
1993 = 1,369
1994 = 1,442
1995 = 1,574
1996 = 1,685
1997 = 1,843
1998 = 1,254
1999 = 2,552
2000 = 1,684 (MapMate data recording started in VC41)
2001 = 3,156
2002 = 6,718
2003 = 14,723 (SEWBReC started operation)
2004 = 9,744
2005 = 13,405
2006 = 11,253
2007 = 19,678
2008 = 14,080
2009 = 15,487
2010 = 19,677
2011 = 15,242
2012 = 10,303
2013 = 6,249
2014 = 4,928
Species reported:
1985 = 205
2009 = 211
2010 = 218
Observers:
1985 = 108
2009 = 222 (of which only 19 listed in 1985 are in the 2009 report.)
2010 = 237
1962 Glamorgan Bird Report (First for Glamorgan)
192 Records on database/archive, 96 Contributors & 173 Species recorded
Nouns of Assemblage (Birds)
[Standard English Terms following Middle English Traditions]
A aerie or convocation of eagles
A band of jays
A bevy, shake or drift of quail
A buff of curlews
A building of rooks
A bunch or plump of wildfowl
A charm of goldfinches
A clattering of choughs (sometimes used for jackdaws)
A congregation of plovers
A covey of ptarmigan & partridges (gamebirds)
A covert of coots
A descent of woodpeckers
A desert of lapwings
A doping of sheldrake
An exaltation of larks
A fall of woodcock
A flamoboyance of flamingoes
A flight of goshawks, doves or swallows
A flock of birds
A gaggle of geese
A herd of curlew, cranes, swans & wrens
A hill of ruff
A host of sparrows
A kettle or boil of hawks
A kit of pigeons (in flight)
A lamentation of swans
A murder of crows
A murmuration of starlings
A muster of peacocks
A mustering of storks
A mutation of thrushes
A nye or bouquet of pheasants
A paddling of ducks (a team in flight)
A parliament of rooks & owls (also a stare of owls)
A pitying or dule/dole of turtle doves
A siege of herons & bitterns (sometimes mistakenly 'a sedge')
A skein of geese (in flight)
A sord or sute of mallards
A spring of teal
A tidings or tittering of magpies
A trip of dotterel
A unkindness of ravens (sometimes 'a conspiracy')
A walk or wisp of snipe
A watch of nightingales
United States
A worm of robins [US]
A zipper of flycatchers [US]
Lepidoptera
A flutter or kaleidoscope (or swarm [as standard]) of butteflies
