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Tate Lloyd

@tatelloyd18.bsky.social
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Birder, ringer, photographer, sea angler, insect botherer and general wildlife enthusiast, based in South Wales

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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A brilliant birding week in Glam started with finding a Baird’s sand at Blackpill and continued with seeing White-winged tern in Cardiff bay, Bonaparte’s and Caspian gull at Blackpill (both also self-found!) and several Curlew sand and Little stint. Oh and 38 colour rings read across 7 species!
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I am now looking for photographs for the 2025 East Glamorgan Bird report. Members are encouraged to submit their images of birds taken in East Glamorgan during 2025 for possible inclusion, details are in the attached brief.
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Firecrest
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Red-throated diver, Porthcawl marina
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Scops Owl from Dunvant park, Swansea this evening
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Wryneck at Goldcliff
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
A great morning at Strumble with most of the target species seen. Highlight was record numbers of Sabine’s gulls passing at close range, sometimes out of view below the cliff!
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Ruff from the Canal scrape at Spurn
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I’m already looking for photo submissions for the 2024 bird report, for any members on here who haven’t seen the latest newsletter. Guidance attached. @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Colour ring reading is really getting going here at Spurn recently with the arrival of passage Sandwich terns from their breeding colonies. Details the pictures. Current totals for the season: Sandwich tern: 10 Little tern: 16 Med gull: 3 Dunlin, Knot, Common gull, GBBG: 1
Sandwich tern: 2T0 - ringed on Texel, Netherlands 2015. Appears to breed in Norfolk and winter in Namibia Sandwich tern E31. Ringed in NE Scotland 3 weeks earlier as a chick UHF. A regular 10 year old Coquet island breeder, has been seen regularly in France. Also in Norfolk and KentMed gull A3KL. Ringed at a colony in Leipzig it had also been to Norfolk
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Little Terns at Beacon Lagoons @spurnterns.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Wow! A very exciting discovery by one of our wardens, Tate, during his afternoon shift today. This Little Tern was first ringed as a chick at the Beacon Ponds colony back in 2013. It was recaptured in Senegal last April and fitted with a green colour ring - HKL. 1/2
A small, light grey and white bird with a black head, a yellow beak, and orange legs. It is sitting on a sandy beach with water in the background. A small, light grey and white bird with a black head, a yellow beak, and orange legs. It is sitting on a sandy beach with water in the background. The bird has turned its head to preen its back. A close-up photo of a white bird with orange legs. Only a small part of the tail, the belly, and the legs are visible. On the right leg is a metal ring. On the left leg is a green ring with the letters HKL written on it. The bird is standing on sand.
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Lots of colour-ringed birds here at Spurn in the last week. GBBG and Common gull from Norway, Knot from the Wash and 7 different Little terns from across Britain @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social
3cy GBBG from Skudeholmen, Norway. Sighted once in Denmark and once at Spurn last year. 2cy Commom gull from Slottholmen, Norway. First sighting Knot ETY ringed on the Wash in January. First sighting Little tern BCH. No data yet
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
A few decent birds at Spurn this week
Common rosefinch Purple sandpaper Temminck’s stint
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Great views of Sand martin today. This little colony seemed unbothered by people coming and going
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Dotterel from Cefn Cadlan yesterday evening. The trip of 4 showed very well late evening. Great find by @markhipkin.bsky.social
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Some dodgy phonescopes from Alkborough flats this evening. Wood sandpiper and drake Garganey @lincsbirding.bsky.social
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Broad-billed sandpiper from Goldcliff this evening. A rarity I’ve always wanted to see. We’ll done to finder #gwentbirds
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A productive afternoon at Sker. The Yellow wagtail at the pool showed very well with patience. Also present were 10+ White wags, a single Whinchat and 5 Wheatear
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Myself and @tudders904.bsky.social have made an effort to look for colour-ringed large gulls in the past month or so and have seen 20 birds, with quite few being first sightings. Some of the more interesting birds attached with details on the photos
F:A01. A Hybrid Herring x Lesser at Ogmore estuary. Ringed as a LBBG chick on Flatholm in 2021, with no other sightings since CHX. Ringed at a landfill site in Gloucestershire, it’s 17 years old and has made several visits to Portugal but seems settled now at Roath lake 
L + P. A Roath lake regular, but has visited Spain on many occasions. 12 years old F:F02. Ringed as an adult on Flatholm in 2024. 2 records from Fuerteventura in September 2024
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Tate Lloyd @tatelloyd18.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
A great morning birding at Alkborough flats, didn’t expect to find a drake American wigeon. Other highlights included 7 Spoonbill, 2 singing Sedge warblers and my first House Martin of the year with 46 Sand Martin and 2 Swallow @birdguides.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social
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