Description: East Glamorgan Bird Atlas - Home
These web pages present in map form the results from major systematic bird surveys carried out over a period of nearly 50 years.
The most recent data was acquired as part of the 2007-2011 national survey, which also offered the opportunity to gather more comprehensive data at an appropriate local scale. The Glamorgan Bird Club encouraged participation in that survey in order to advance our knowledge of the local birdlife, with benefits for conservation, scientific and recreational purposes. As part of that objective, the Club initiated a project to publish the results and provided the finance to do so.
Modern digital technology offers more immediate and flexible ways of publishing such information than traditional print and has been adopted here as a freely available and attractive form of presentation. By including the results from all five major surveys from 1968 onwards a historical pattern can be readily seen, highlighting the significant changes, both losses and gains, that have taken place in that time alongside a more stable picture for some species.