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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 my garden in Britton ferry this afternoon two red kites fling north one buzzard and a Raven
Mill Wood, Penrice. Singing mistle thrush, song thrush, goldcrest, siskin, goldfinch, coal, great and blue tits. Grey wagtail and starling also noted. A number of bats seen day flying. Small and gingerish – soprano pipistrelle?
We had a similar experience last week at Penyrheol, Gorseinon last week, small bat day flying round the garden.
Siskin pair at our garden feeders in Murton again today.
swallow over Harbour way / docks this morning
Bracelet Bay
Interestingly no med gulls or bhg’s here this morning.. only herring gulls…
Sand Martin over over the Crem in Margam this morning
Cwm Dyffryn. Willow Warbler singing this p.m. at Dyffryn Uchaf. Early bird !
Mon 16th – Overton Cliffs & sewage works
2 Chiff Chaff singing – one seen.
Pair of Kestrels – seen near last season’s cliff nest site.
2 Red Kites flying around clifftop
Gnoll Ponds Neath with Gwyn Randall
Mallard 46. Tufted duck 12. Coot 2. Little Grebe 3. Moorhen 7 Mute Swan 2. Buzzard 1.
Canada Geese 6. Chiff Chaf 3. Singing.
Wernffrwd sat am rising tide . BN grebe ,, acquiring breeding plumage, 4 Slav grebe, 3 W/P, 1 nearing breeding plumage . 17 RB merganser close in ,,, 7 male, 10 fem
Chris, interesting, there were two breeding plumaged BN Grebes in that area last spring, returning bird?
Quick video of the Aberafan kumlien Gull
Cattle egret Llanrhidian in the rain.