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Kenfig Redhead. (1 Viewer)
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devon.birder
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Andrew said:
Pick a nice day with no wind Andrew and you should be OK. Be wary of the hybrid though. Roger
Andrew Rowlands
Well-known member
Andrew,Andrew said:
I think it is as 'safe' a bet as any; it can disappear sometimes; check http://pub43.bravenet.com/guestbook/3627196539/ for latest sightings.
Kenfig can, and does, turn up some excellent birds (don't forget to walk out to Sker Point, too!); the headlands around Porthcawl itself can be good; a few miles North is Eglwys Nunydd reservoir - almost as good; back along the M4 to J24 then 6 miles South is the Newport Wetlands reserve, newer but already bringing in very good birds (Gwent sightings http://www.gwentbirds.org.uk/ ).
Mmmm, sounds like a good weekend!
Andy.
Jasonbirder
Jason-occasional-twitcher
It does have a tendancy to disapear in the reedbed to the left of the hide for long periods - but will come out when its sunny! There are wintering Bittern seen sometimes from the cut reeds in front of the hide - though i`m not sure when they arrive - i`ve always been down for this bird after christmas...not before
There`s also a Great-white Egret on the Gower penninsular - i`m not sure of the logistics buts its easy enough to do from Porthcawl via Swansea...might be worth checking out
There`s also a Great-white Egret on the Gower penninsular - i`m not sure of the logistics buts its easy enough to do from Porthcawl via Swansea...might be worth checking out
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dan pointon
Can't Stop
It was indeed a false alarm, a miss ID on Fudge Duck x Pochard hybrid i beleive. Give it a couple more weeks though and it should be back.
Dan
Dan
trealawboy
Well-known member
dwayne950 said:
I'm not sure this is right!
The finder saw the bird in the previous years and as fart as I know is pretty confident what he saw was the returning Redhead. It was also confidently identified by at least one other birder on Saturday.
Extensive searching by others however, was unsuccessful. Note however, that Kenfig is a large pool and Pochard numbers are building up. They often are out in the middle of the pool far from either hide, or in the south west of the pool where thay can be obscured by reeds for the south hide. Also when they are roosting it can be very, very difficult to pick the Redhead out.
Its also been know to move to Llanilid a few miles to the east.
So, it could be there, but it may be worth checking the posting on http://glamorganbirds.org.uk before making the journay.
dan pointon
Can't Stop
Maybe so then, i heard off a couple of people that the report had turned out to be one of the hybrid, that had also been seen in previous years.
Dan
Dan
Tim Hall
Worcestershire County Cricket in Exile
It was not the hybrid! It was almost certainly the returning bird. Don't know where it's gone at present, but has gone missing for periods in previous winters (several weeks once), so will probably turn up somewhere in South Wales soon. Cosmeston, Llanishen/ Lisvane or Llanilid are all possible sites. It has been seen at all of them before.
dbradnum
Well-known member
By sheer coincidence I spoke to the guy who relocated the Redhead, when I was at Slimbridge the following day. By the sound if it, he's a regular at Kenfig, and knows both the Redhead and the Fudge-type hybrid, and a regular Lesser Scaup type hybrid back to front and inside out. He actually commented that he'd seen a number of people twitching the Redhead over the years ticking the wrong bird...
Anyway, he was pretty confident of the ID, especially after studying the Slimbridge Redheads and checking some fine detail!
Anyway, he was pretty confident of the ID, especially after studying the Slimbridge Redheads and checking some fine detail!
dan pointon
Can't Stop
Sorry then - I stand corrected. I assumed as this is what i had been told and there were no further reports it was a mis-id.
Cheers,
Dan
Cheers,
Dan
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i see the Redhead in years go by, but was excited knowing it back at Kenfig this autum. you know it was not seen before this year, not even in the start of january and february.
People make these mistakes with aythya all time and it could be back but I would like more confirmation to be certain with this. You never had 1 day for a Redhead before so could be suspicious if never seen once more.
best regards
Chi-wai
People make these mistakes with aythya all time and it could be back but I would like more confirmation to be certain with this. You never had 1 day for a Redhead before so could be suspicious if never seen once more.
best regards
Chi-wai
