Annex 7
SOUTH WALES
PEREGRINE WATCH
36 sites monitored across South Wales. 25 failed
to produce chicks. 11 sites produced 28 chicks.
BREAKDOWN INTO LA AREAS:
|
| Local Authority | Successful
(No. of Chicks)
| Failed |
|
| Cardiff | 2 (6)
| 1 |
| Neath and Port Talbot | 1 (3)
| 1 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 0
| 5 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | 4 (9)
| 7 |
| Ogwr | 1 (3)
| 2 |
| Vale of Glamrogan | 1 (3)
| 1 |
| Blaina | 0
| 2 |
| Torfaen | 0
| 3 |
| Caerphilly | 2 (6)
| 3 |
| TOTAL | 11 (28)
| 25 |
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INCIDENTS:
|
| Bournville, Blaina: | Two poisoned peregrines and poisoned pigeon bait recovered. Tested positive for Aldicarb.
|
| Graig Fawr, Cwm Parc: | Believed robbed. 5 eggs laid but no chicks present. Evidence of nest robbery having taken place.
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| Llanfach Quarry: | Nest destroyed by quarry face being blown-up by quarry.
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| Llanharry: | One bird found dead, believed poisoned (but not confirmed); breeding failed at site.
|
| Swansea Town Centre: | One adult bird found in shop door way. Treated at Gower Bird Hospital for what was believed to be Strychnine poisoning. Bird recovered and was released.
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