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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.
From yesterday 21st a walk from cadaxton marsh viewpoint in neath to st illtyds church 4 pairs of moorhen 12 mallards , 8 grey lag geese on the dry river bed a male goosander in the river 2 heron a calling Cuckoo goldfinch,blue and great tits, dunnock ,wren 2 mute swan on the river blackbirds, and house sparrows.
Fairwood Common: Cuckoo heard at 17.30 then seen perched on wire calling. Caught 3 large caterpillars while I watched, returning to the wire to eat them. Also my first Swallow of year. Plenty of Willow Warblers & Chiffchaff. 2 Greylag on Pwll Mawr.
First Cuckoo this spring for me heard today at Cwmcerdin around 15.30…. Pair of Merlin near
Bwlchygwyn Felindre
Cuckoo at 6:45pm on Clyne Common
Great to hear my first Cuckoo of spring today 05.45 at Fairwood Common.
Third grasshopper warbler of the year ringed at Oxwich this morning. Also first reed warbler capture of the year.
I saw 15-20 Whimbrel at Salthouse Point, Crofty during high tide this morning. Also a pair of Great Crested Grebe.
Fun hour or so birding at Crymlyn Burrows after work on 2022-04-13.
Spotted lots of: skylark, stonechat m, stonechat f, linnet. Also a couple of reed bunting, some various warblers. And then this bird, that I can’t ID. Some type of pipit…?
Features point to a ‘fresh’ looking Meadow Pipit. Long slender beak,speckled underparts extending low down and a long curved hind claw(more noticeable on second image).The beak would be heavier,the speckled underparts confined to upper parts of belly/chest and a less pronounced hind claw in a Tree Pipit.
A chiffchaff singing on Pennard west cliffs this afternoon, together with plenty of dunnocks, robins and a pair of ravens.
My first cuckoo of the year! Heard in the Ilston/ Fairwood Airport area.
1 snow bunting near Rhossili on cliff top to the east of the coastguard station, just before end of cliff top. 3 wheatear at same location. Approx 11.45am on 16th April
Oxwich Marsh: 2 grasshopper warbler reeling at each other this evening, willow warblers singing. Whitethroat on the coast between Rotherslade and Limeslade this morning
Dear All We are now in the breeding season. For Schedule 1 species at risk of disturbance at the nest, we need to ensure that any sightings do not provide information that may lead to their disturbance. This includes cliff-nesting species such as Dartford warbler and chough which have been targeted by photographers (some of whom have used tape lures) in recent years, and species expanding their range / becoming locally commoner in some parts of the recording area such as red kite and goshawk. Please be aware of this in your posting. A list of Schedule 1 species that… Read more »