Select Committee on Environmental Audit Minutes of Evidence


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

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.
Llanfach Quarry:Nest destroyed by quarry face being blown-up by quarry.
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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