Detailed records of nationally or locally rare species (guidance on these is
here) should be sent to the County Recorder Rob Taylor (
gowerbirdrecorder@gmail.com) as soon as possible after the sighting. An appropriate description should be provided of the species, your previous experience of it (and similar species), the circumstances and weather conditions in which the sighting occurred and any other pertinent information (such as photos). He will then circulate to the local or national records committee as relevant.
Day to day observations, including of nest sites, flocks of birds and species of local interest, should be collated in the Annual Record Form and sent to Rob as an email attachment following each calendar year. Receiving these by the end of January is ideal as an early start can then be made on compiling the annual report.
This feeding opportunity was taken by a cloud of Gulls, two Grey Herons, a Cormorant and over 40 Little Egrets. Across the water from Loughor car park.
A large skein of Greylags flew 11.45 this morning. 60 plus birds heading east towards Swansea Bay
3 reed warbler and 1 sedge warbler were the only long distance migrants at Oxwich this morning other than the swallows and house martins feeding over the reed bed.
A large pied / white wagtail roost has built up estimated at 60+ birds.
80 greylags over the marsh mid morning