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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.
13 October. 3pm. Between Overton Mere and Longhole Cliff: 2 red kite and a merlin harrying meadow pipit and linnet flocks.
Yes Mewslade was dead by 11 30 and by 1 there was no Chiffs anywhere,but Mewslade will hold flycatchers, sylvias, acros etc all day so still worth a look
I have attached 2 maps one from what the birds did today and the movements Also the other where I search after the morning movement from past experience. Whilst Rhossili is a tricky place to bird it truly is fantastic. Middleton farm does certainly get the afternoon stuff which has filtered up ( totally proven). Late day influxes do occur though on the vile and at Mewslade Hope this helps
opps sorry that was supposed to be a reply to Ian
Clearly a day of 2 halves😛
Today, this morning in Sycamores beside Mumbles Cricket clubhouse 5 Chiffchaff, one singing briefly and 1 Yellow Browed Warbler flitting about in the top, unfortunately not in view for long enough to photograph.
This afternoon in a very quiet Mewslade Valley 2 Sparrowhawks together and 5 Choughs.
At Mewslade today classic autumn fall conditions created by the low fog turning Rhossili Down and Middleton into an island above the fog at dawn with Pembs and Devon not visible either. 3 Yellow browed warblers were present at one point all calling to each other simultaneously 9-11am in lower valley ( on top -on west edge). Two of these were then later relocated by B.Beck at Middleton farm near the blue van at 2.30pm which is a typical movement for these at this site. A Woodlark flew very low calling over the end of the valley and appeared to… Read more »
Two firecrest in holly trees on Southward Lane. One a certain male as fanned crest. Also 6+ goldcrest, coal and long-tailed tits.
At Weobley this morning a ringtail Hen Harrier flew toward LLanrhidian marsh. Also a Adult male Peregrine hunting the 400 Golden Plovers close to the track on the saltmarsh. Also present 4 Grey Plover ,30 Lapwing, 21 Dark Bellied Brent Geese, 45 Shelduck, 15 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Red Breasted Merganser, 20 Skylark and 2 Rock Pipit. Good numbers of waders up towards Llanrhidian but out of range. At Middleton farm (20m from the entrance up the lane) a Firecrest. In Mewslade only a handful of Goldcrests and Chiffchaffs but it was drizzling so not too surprising. At Penclawdd Pil… Read more »
Caswell Road 9.30 today: Mistle Thrush spring song.
Oxwich Marsh: redwings regularly over pre-dawn, firecrest (male), 10+ chiffchaff, 2 blackcap.
Heard 2 calling Redwings over Swansea Marina last night. First of the autumn for me
Fenrod lake
2 goosander, females usuall mute swan ,Canada geese lots of black h gulls one with a ring EH86 tried to find details on Euro ring
But it’s not letting me put the species in , red kite being mobbed by crows over go outdoors
Crumlyn burrows afternoon low tide from small car park to river
45 linnet,2 reed bunting,6 stonechat,5 meadow pipits,4 little egrets 14 mallard,2 redshank, 71 curlew,26 oyster catcher,single herons and cormorants,50+ black headed gulls
45 Canada geese over Briton ferry at dusk flying South East