tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412851395882523391.post6556372442259011784..comments2024-03-28T07:15:36.671+00:00Comments on We Bird North Wales: Snowy Owl - Photo from the archivesRob Sandhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473000342176495471noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412851395882523391.post-21003653664271747162014-02-10T09:23:27.964+00:002014-02-10T09:23:27.964+00:00A 'bit' different......but not that much r...A 'bit' different......but not that much really! Hen harriers... Golden Eagles....<br /><br />Mymachdy is a shooting estate.<br /><br />F Roberts is now manager of Bodior Estate which has a long history of highly 'successful' Woodcock shoots with shooting 'toffs'ianinmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11960531879356378104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412851395882523391.post-43022486406826562642014-02-07T11:14:15.416+00:002014-02-07T11:14:15.416+00:00Thanks Kelvin. Makes you realise things were a bit...Thanks Kelvin. Makes you realise things were a bit different back in those days! I guess those shooting estates and landowners saw these birds of prey as 'vermin' and needed to be controlled. Very sad.<br /> david wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971236544110494790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412851395882523391.post-77929180819705830102014-02-07T09:47:11.800+00:002014-02-07T09:47:11.800+00:00I have the complete set of Cambrian reports up to ...I have the complete set of Cambrian reports up to the formation of Gwynedd Birders scanned as PDF's. If the committee of the Cambrian are happy I will make them available on receipt of a blank disc and a stamp addressed envelope, or call at the BTO Cymru office with a thumb drive.<br /><br />KelvinKelvin Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412851395882523391.post-55287103489905240322014-02-07T09:43:42.502+00:002014-02-07T09:43:42.502+00:00Cambrian Bird Report 1972.
GYRFALCON - 31 March a...Cambrian Bird Report 1972.<br /><br />GYRFALCON - 31 March a female of the white Greeland race candicans was found shot but alive at Penlon by C. Rudd who passed it to R. W. Arthur and K. Williams: despite every effort to save it's life the falcon died on 3 April: the specimen (preserved by R. Reid Llanrwst) is on display at the Penrhos Nature Reserve(KW)<br />Record accepted by the rarities committee of British Birds<br /><br />Snowy Owl<br />Mynachdy, 3 May an adult female found shot by Master F Roberts and bought to me :the bird was preserved by R Reid of Llanrwst and is now on display at the Penrhos Nature Reserve: a freshly eaten leveret was in its crop (KW)<br />Record accepted by the rarities committee of British Birds.<br /><br />KelvinKelvin Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412851395882523391.post-77786825700730751392014-02-06T15:46:03.495+00:002014-02-06T15:46:03.495+00:00Was there not a grey phase Gyr falcon also shot on...Was there not a grey phase Gyr falcon also shot on the island about this time?<br /><br />KelvinKelvin Jonesnoreply@blogger.com