Glamorgan Bird Club Big Bird Count
28-04-2025
Glamorgan Bird Club’s Big Bird Count
Glamorgan Bird Club are running their second Big Bird Count from April 25th to April 28th inclusive. The aim is to get as many of our members as possible out birding and then to form a snapshot of the birds in East Glamorgan at this key time of year. Over those four days club members are invited to do a bird species list (and a count of each species also if possible) somewhere local to them in East Glamorgan. It could be their local patch, their garden, their favourite local reserve, their WeBS patch – anywhere they fancy. We also get the photographers amongst us to send in photos. Members can spend ten minutes looking out of their kitchen window or a day in the field, it’s up to them. Also, they can visit different sites on different days and send in multiple lists. Lists and photos are sent to: bbcrecords@glamorganbirds.org.uk
The lists are compiled into a report which is then put onto the club website to share the information throughout the club and enhance all our awareness of what birds are where. The club committee vote on a best bird, best photo and best list from the event just for fun (there are no prizes). The best bird from last September’s event was a Black Tern seen at Lisvane Reservoir (remarkably one of two seen that weekend in East Glamorgan, the other bird was at Kenfig, near Porthcawl). In all 95 species were recorded over the four days (27th to the 30th of September).
For this April’s event we’re reaching out to local wildlife groups and Whatsapp based birding groups across East Glamorgan to see if they would like to join in. In this way we hope to involve as many East Glamorgan bird enthusiasts as possible and bring our birding community together.
Glamorgan Bird Club was formed in 1989 and now has over 300 members. We are an active club with a busy schedule of field trips and indoor meetings. Our members voluntarily participate in several projects including the Ely floodplain Green Sandpiper study and farmland bird surveys as well as being WeBS and BBS surveyors. Club trustees and members work with a range of partners such as Porthcawl Swifts. With the support of Bridgend Local Nature Partnership, Bridgend County Council, Town and Community Councils the Glamorgan Swifts project also helps Swifts by raising awareness and putting up Swift boxes, for example on new housing developments. The club plays a part in supporting local ringing groups and supplies nestboxes to local organisations, as well as offering them support through our Small Grants Scheme.
However, from April 25th to April 28th we’ll mostly be out birding. Wish us luck.
GBC Committee.
Organisers: Glamorgan Bird Club
Vice County: Glamorgan
Unitary Authority: n/a
