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WBRC - Welsh Birds Rarities Committee WBRC assesses records of scarce and rare birds in Wales, producing an annual report. It also maintains the list of all the birds seen in Wales.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, 2cy Bonaparte's Gull, _Chroicocephalus philadelphia_ , Blackpill, Gower, 11 Sept 2026. Finder & photo T. Lloyd.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, 1cy Red-breasted Flycatcher, _Ficedula parva_ , Bardsey, Caernarfon, 26 Sept. Finder M. Eldridge. Photo: J. Tragen. @bardseybirdobs.bsky.social
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Pectoral Sandpiper, __Calidris melanotos_ , Clwyd Estuary, Flint, 23 Sept. Finder & photo A. Humphreys-Jones.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), off Mumbles pelagic, Gower, 3 Sept. Finder E. Hunter. Photos Ruth Jones, D. Herbert.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Great Shearwater, _Ardenna gravis_ , Celtic Deep pelagic, Pembroke, 7 Aug, finder P. Philipson.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), Celtic Deep pelagic, Pembroke, 14 Aug. Finder & photo J. Warren.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), trapped & ringed Kenfig NNR, E. Glamorgan, 9 Sept. Finders: C. Baker, A. Schwartz, photo A. Schwartz.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, 1cy White-winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus), Cardiff Bay, E. Glamorgan, 8 - 9 Sept, finder G. Stamp, photo P. Bristow.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), Ogmore, E. Glamorgan, 15 Sept, observers: D. Jones, NP Roberts, photo NP Roberts.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta), trapped & ringed Skokholm, Pembroke, 26 Aug - 1 Sept, finder L. Benwell et al, photo R. Brown.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, 2 Ortolan Buntings (Emberiza hortulana), Bogey Road, Merthyr, E. Glamorgan, one on 27 Aug, two 28 Aug - 4 Sept, one remaining on 5 Sept, finder & photo D. Shepherd.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Cory's Shearwater, off St. Govan's, Pembroke, 6 Sept. Observer G. Mee.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Cory's Shearwater, off Strumble Head, Pembroke, 30 Aug. Observer L. Gravett et al.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, 1cy Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Dale Airfield, 11 Sept, finder & photo B. Southern.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Pectoral Sandpiper, Dale Airfield, Pembroke, 12 Sept, observers: G. Mee, F. Day, B. Southern.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, 3 Cory's Shearwaters off Newgale, Pembroke, 2 Sept, observer S. Jones.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, 1cy Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Dale Airfield, Pembroke 31 Aug, finders N. Fermandel, M. Evans, R. Cleobury. Photo R. Cleobury.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Ortolan, Porthgain, Pembroke, 28 Aug, observer & photo S. Jones.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, 1cy Montagu's Harrier, Skokholm, Pembroke, 26 - 27 Aug, finders & photo G. Eagle, R. Brown.
@welshbirdsrarities.bsky.socialAccepted, Ortolan, Bardsey, Caernarfon 27 Aug, finder E. Sherwell, photo M. Pollard
