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Guidelines for Reporting Rarities and Submission of Annual Records
Detailed records of nationally or locally rare species (guidance on these is
here) should be sent to the County Recorder Eddie Hunter (
goweros23@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 Eddie 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.
PLEASE NOTE
Please could we ask that detailed locational information that may lead to the disturbance of the nest sites of species listed under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981) is omitted from any posts. This may otherwise lead to an offence being committed.
Schedule 1 species that regularly breed in the recording area are Dartford warbler, chough, honey buzzard, crossbill, goshawk, kingfisher, hobby, red kite, barn owl, peregrine, little ringed plover and Cetti’s warbler.
2 pairs of Lesser redpoll on the feeders in my garden (Crynant) on 23rd; yesterday 3 juvenile Siskins, the first that I have seen this year; this morning 23 Siskins including 5 juveniles plus a pair of Lesser redpolls; 2 Blue tits taking mealworms to their young in the nest box and 3 Robins having a bit of a standoff by the mealworm feeder.
Osprey this afternoon at Whitford Burrows flying across the marsh towards Cwm Ivy.
Female goosander with 4 young in the river neath by cadaxton salt marsh
24/5.llandarcy (lan coed house) 15 active house Martin
Nests on the building.also in the area goldfinch,house sparrow,blue tit starlings,jackdaws wood pigeons,
Watched the Osprey in Cwm Ivy circling with fish in talons trying to dodge the Seagulls and assorted Corvids. Eventuall settled on a dead tree by the far Bird Hide and cosummed the lot, watched by a Crow that sat very quietly about 6 foot away hoping for a titbit
Osprey seen this morning at Cwm Ivy perching on one of the petrified trees that are on the marshland opposite the NT Bunker house. It was there for at least 2 hours. Photo taken with my phone so apologies not very good.!
Juvenile Dipper being fed by adult, cwm clydach yesterday… upload vids unfortunately as theyre too large
Cwm Clydach. Spotted Flycatcher, 400m above new bridge on the RIGHT hand side (normally seen them on the left side)
On Sunday morning there were two Avocet feeding at Loughor foreshore (one there the previous day) and there was an Arctic Skua testing on the mudflats south of the bridge.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ihxqzBRsWoGVjTzMA
resting, not testing!
Behind Treforgan, Crynant this morning, Tree pipit, garden warbler, plus an array of the usual birds you’d expect to see in this habitat, of meadow, willow, birch, Ash, and gorse.
Photo of the tree pipit, at the tip of a (currently) healthy looking young Ash.
Whiteford Point at HT today
Ringed Plover 31, Dunlin 35, Oystercatcher 543 (including the regular leucistic bird), Sanderling 65, Redshank 1, Bar t Godwit 14, Knot 15, Whimbrel 30. In the dune slacks Teal 1 pair, Shelduck 8, Lapwing 3. On the sea GC Grebe 3.
Around Mewslade. 2 Fulmar, Whitethroats, Bullfinch, Dartford Warbler, 4 choughs (family group), dozens of Swifts plus usuals.
Saturday morning, Kilvey Hill. Cuckoo calling, coal tit, goldcrest, GS woodpecker, greenfinch, swallow, tree pipit, willow warbler, chiffchaff, wren, robin, blackbird, gulls…
Early Sunday, Cwm Clydach, blackcap, buzzard, chiffchaff, dipper, gold crest, goosander, grey wagtail, jay, mistle thrush, song thrush, swift, wren wood pigeon, robin, blackbird.
Cuckoo heard calling very early this morning at Fairwood Common
Salthouse Point today on the HT
Curlew 4, Gannet 5 fishing in the channel, GC Grebe 25 ( surprised to see this number at this time of year)
, Shelduck 79, Ringed Plover 4, Dunlin 22
A male Honey Buzzard flew in low north over the fields near Knelston just before dusk yesterday and appeared to roost in the trees at Stout Hall
Two kites, together and whistling, 400 feet above Murton Post Office at 15.55.
15th May, Pontneddfechan Gunpowder Works area – 3 Wood Warbler, two Redstarts singing.
16th May, Aberdulais basin, two Spotted flycatcher.
We were seventeen this morning walking on Margam Moors: great weather and we recorded 40 species: Grey Heron Moorhen Mute Swan Gadwall Red Kite Hobby Carrion Crow Magpie Swallow Sand Martin Chiffchaff Whitethroat Lesser Whitethroat Willow Warbler Cetti’s Warbler Blackcap Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Wren Dunnock Robin Reed Bunting Bullfinch House Sparrow Linnet Stonechat Sky Lark Long Tailed Tit Great Tit Blue Tit Meadow Pipit Rock Pipit Blackbird Song Thrush Pheasant Wood Pigeon Herring Gull Lesser Black Backed Gull Wheatear GS Woodpecker
Thanks as again to Ed Hunter for his expert leadership.
plus Spot fly and little grebe. Great walk!
Thanks Ed.
11th May.Blaengwynfi mountain, BBS visit: pair of crossbills with male singing. Also, wood warbler, redstart, tree pipit, willow warbler, chiffchaff, blackcap, cuckoo, siskin, stonechat.
male Marsh harrier at Whiteford dune slack this morning drifting back towards the burrows . up at Castell Du , the top of the estuary , 52 Black tailed Godwit and one Ruff .
Ruff and some of the Black’wits moved back down the estuary
A couple of clear sightings of the cuckoo at Pant yr Sais, along with stonechat, sedge warbler and reed bunting, at about 2pm today.
About an hour later I heard a cuckoo in the distance at Crymlyn Burrows, plus I spotted lots of skylarks, meadow pipits and stonechats of course. A solitary ringed plover was the only wader I saw.
4 swifts just seen screaming over Manselton. First of year
Clyne Gardens this morning: a family of two adults and one juvenile Dipper.