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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.
I also spotted an Osprey yesterday near Weobley Castle at around 4:15pm
Here are a couple of pics!
The latest news from Gower Ringing Group is now here: https://www.gowerbirds.org.uk/welsh-ringing-course-2022/
Crymlyn Burrows and Neath Estuary the last few days.
Oystercatchers numbers are peaking with a count of 1100 birds, Greenshank, Black and Bar- tailed Godwits at the roost on the Neath estuary along with 92 Curlew and few Dunlin, 9 Little egrets and 31 Mallard and c60 Linnets.
Brunel Dock. Redshank 21, Common Sandpiper 3 and a flyover Greenfinch.
(RJ DB DC)
News from Ben Sampson of a Osprey flying west along Crymlyn Burrows early morning towards Swansea Docks, the bird returned shortly after and was seen hunting up near the mouth of the Neath estuary and was seen to catch a fish, soon after it departed North East towards Earlswood Golf Course.
Cadaxton salt marsh 1 common sandpiper,1 little egret,8 mallard,20+ house sparrows by the viewpoint
Port Talbot Dock (per Darryl Spittle) 14/09: 43 Mediterranean gull,16 Curlew, 120 Oystercatcher, 4 Bar-tailed godwit, 2 Knot, 1 Whimbrel, 38 Ringed Plover, 8 Sanderling.
Also Kingfisher, a few Reed Warbler, Yellow and Grey Wagtails overhead, Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, c.50 Linnet.
Llanrhidian late afternoon.
Green Sandpiper 1, Whinchat 3, Marsh Harrier 1 juv heading east.
Good numbers of Wheatears on migration on the Worm today.
Neath salt marsh viewed from the Midland road side. Canada geese 120 est an all white goose with them,60+herring gulls ,90+ black headed gulls,3 little egrets,21 mallard, 2 curlew a few pied wagtails,and a little grebe .
This afternoon.
Broughton Bay. Wheatear 1, Greylag 44 flew out to sea to Carms but thought better of it and headed for Whiteford, Sandwich Tern 29, Oystercatcher 30, Sanderling 3, Great crested Grebe 3, Common Tern a string of 12 heading into the Burry Estuary, Common Scoter 2 drakes, Med Gull 4, Ringed Plover 21, Dunlin 10.
This evening on the run up.
North of the Loughor Bridge. Black t Godwit 202, Little Egret 41.
South of Loughor Bridge. Bar t Godwit 8, Black t Godwit 359, Dunlin 7, Great white Egret 1, Spoonbill 2, Knot 9, Redshank 9.
At the Weobley track a young Osprey was sat on a post all morning. Nearby a Lanner Falcon type – a Juvenile with no feather damage showed very well hunting from the marsh. the width of the moustache suggests a Hybrid but a very impressive bird which was being harassed by crows at times. 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 200 Dunlin, 20 ringed Plover, 1 Golden Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank,1 Kingfisher, 20 Little egret 3 Sandwich Tern, 180 Pintail, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Wheatears, 40 Medow Pipit, 1 Rock pipit, 60 Linnet. 52 Cormorants were visible at the various… Read more »
also one of the wheatears
This afternoon.
Dalton’s Point. Teal 221, Pintail 1, Greenshank 1, Black t Godwit 89, Knot 81, Wigeon 39, Dunlin 38, Curlew Sandpiper 2 juvs, Spoonbill 1 feeding mid channel.
Bwlchymynydd foreshore car park. Pintail 70, Black t Godwit 76, Ruff 2, Knot 1.
This evening. Castell Du. Little Egret 3, Greenshank 3, Wigeon 6, Common Sandpiper 1, Pied Wagtail 80, Canada Goose 14, Ringed Teal 1 drake.