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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 red kites over the Liberty stadium during today’s game
Yes and more interesting than the game
Penclawdd 2 Greenshank, 9 Teal, 2 Gadwall.
Dalton’s Point 52 Brent, 28 Wigeon
Llandimore 224 Brent incl 9 pale bellied (5juv) Red Kite, 126 Golden Plover, GW Egret, 38 Eider (22 drakes) in Burry Pill
c.150 dunlin, c. 40 turnstone, 2 redshank, 1 purple sandpiper and an oystercatcher on the old lifeboat slip, Mumbles Pier close to high water.
Plenty of kitts on the artificial ledges (65 on those visible from the pier), and more kitts, a common gull, black-headed and Med gulls on the sea.
Pwll Du this morning: 10 bullfinches, 3 house sparrows, 2 nuthatch among 84 birds captured by Gower Ringing Group.
Three Mute Swans flying over Knab Rock this morning at 0715
Mumbles Pier
Kittiwakes starting to return to the ledges..
Big dunlin roost on the old lifeboat slipway (anybody fancy counting them??)
Flyover raven…. (sorry not the best exposure)
265
I counted approx 150
Reporting Schedule 1 Birds As we are now entering the breeding season (some species are nesting already), please do not post information concerning nests or core territory locations which may lead to the disturbance of species listed under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is an offence to disturb these species (whether this is unintentional or not) at the nest. A full list of Schedule 1 species is here: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/wildlife-and-the-law/wildlife-and-countryside-act/schedules/ For anyone who is not aware, the Schedule 1 species that breed in the Gower recording area include: chough, crossbill, goshawk, honey buzzard, barn owl, kingfisher,… Read more »
This early broken blackbird egg found on the ground today in Penllergare Valley Woods
I’m edging towards song thrush….
On Gower Cliffs this morning, 4 chough, flying as 2 pairs; the standard five roosting here have had one missing over the last few weeks, so either predated or perhaps it has found a mate elsewhere. Also Dartford warbler, one kestrel, raven on eggs, and a few meadow pipits.
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Margam park walk with Gwyn Randall and Rob Jones. 6 Red Kites and 9 Buzzards Sorring over the Park. Canada Geese 38. Mallard 49. Mandarin Duck.1 drake Tufted Duck 7. Moorhen 3.
Snipe 1. Carrion Crow 15. Jackdaw 67. Raven 3. Green wood pecker. And Great Spotted Woodpecker
West Cross to Oystermouth Sq
17 turnstones (probably more but they were incredibly flighty)
1 juvenile common Gull
20+ BH gulls
Possibly up to 100 oycs..
2 herring gulls..
Flock of 25 cormorants flying west over Bracelet Bay this morning at about 0730.
Old Park Farm Margam
22 Herons on pasture opposite Margam Park Heronry could be a good year for Breeding. !!