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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.
Pair of Choughs just off path between Langland and Caswell
Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail and pair of Tree Creepers seen at the Burry Pill near Stembridge this morning. Also Merlin seen on Ryers Down. (With Andrea)
Fenrod lake
70+ Canada geese 25 mute swan 150+ black headed gulls the usual pochards tufteds coots moorhens ,and mallards. A few commons,lesser b b and herring gulls
Oxwich: brambling (f), significant influx of siskins, red-throated diver in bay
2 female Goosander and 1 Dipper on the River Dulais in Crynant this morning. A walk along the road to Cilfrew produced the usual woodland birds including singing Song and Mistle thrush, I heard at least 2 Green woodpeckers and had 2 Ravens flying over.
Singing stock dove in Clyne Gardens just before dawn this morning.
Also treecreepers starting to sing, alongside the robins and song thrushes which have been vocal for a while
Two Brent Geese on tideline opposite Mumtaz restaurant in Mumbles this afternoon around 3:30. I can’t remember seeing them there before.
Charm of 20+ Goldfinch in my back garden in Manselfield enjoying the sunflower hearts…it’s costing us a fortune! Also 3 male and 2 female Bullfinches.
Clydach.Canal Path between the closed Mond Social Club and Police Station. Black Redstart(female type) first seen on the barbed wire fence of the Mond Refinery. Then feeding in the trees and undergrowth on the canal side. Last seen in the area of dead Japanese Knotweed just before the Police Station. Very flighty at times as it was being harassed by at least three local Robins. St John’s Cemetery may be a good place to seek it out.
Nice find Dewi.
Thanks Richard.I only popped down to the Man Shed for a chat.I didn’t have a camera with me. Hopefully it will hang around for a while.
15 med gulls around Bracelet Bay carpark this lunchtime..
Female blackcap in the garden at Langland this morning. Early visitor or resident?
Mynydd Gelliwastad mountain 1 Green Woodpecker 3 Stonechats 1 male 2 female 30+ Redwings 1 Buzzard