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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.
Langland: 2 firecrest (male and unsexed bird) 3 goldcrest (very quiet on small bird front), 2 sparrowhawks chasing each other, and some large flocks of redwing and fieldfare over in the first two hours post dawn
Port Talbot Dock (per Darryl Spittle): 99 oystercatcher, 13 curlew, kingfisher and jack snipe (the latter on the pools). From late morning groups of redwing and fieldfare overhead.
Little Egrets are becoming regular visitors to the foreshore at Mumbles. This was one of four visible close to the dairy carpark early this afternoon.
The Kittiwakes have finally left the pier: not one to be seen there this morning.
There was a single GC Grebe on the water next to the pier though.
Lone Black Throated Diver diving close to shoreline near the old launch just west of Knabb Rock (2.00pm today)
At Mewslade this morning only a handful of Goldcrests ,Chiffchaffs and 2 Blackcap. A strange call just after the gate in the quarry on the right eventually showed and was a totally unexpected Cettis warbler which moved down the valley , a brilliant bird for the site. A Dartford Warbler was also found tagging along to 3 Stonechats.
Overhead passage was poor with just a handful of Siskin and Skylark.
At Weobley track a Merlin, Kingfisher,2 Kestrel, Red Kite, 1 Green sandpiper, 10 Redshank, but just 3 Golden Plover today, 400 Starling, 45 Lapwing
We get a lot of Cetti’s carrying fat at this time of year, indicating dispersal, and have caught birds ringed in south-east England, Warwickshire and Monmouthshire in October and November. Teifi RG (Ceredigion) also caught an Oxwich-ringed bird a couple of weeks ago
8 ravens and 3 buzzards over giants grave this a.m
At Middleton yesterday no sign of any Yellow Browed Warblers. In Mewslade around 15 Goldcrest and 10 Chiffchaff. No sign of the Glossy ibis at frogmoor. At Llanrhidian the dark female Hen harrier was still present. it would be interesting to see some detailed underwing shots of this bird if anyone can get them. A flock of 300 Golden Plover in the distance and a male Peregrine. I also saw 3 Great white Egret here a couple days back At Daltons Point 6 Spoonbills could be seen roosted up asleep on the Carms side. Nice big flock of Pintail and… Read more »
Buzzard fiercely mobbed by around a dozen crows along the foreshore at Oystermouth square this afternoon (3.45pm)… Disturbed a second Buzzard perched in an old oak in the grounds of Singleton Abbey (5pm)
Juvenile ♀️goosander on the River Afan in Port Talbot Town centre this afternoon.. don’t think I’ve seen one out of the water before
Report of a yellow-browed warbler at Llangennith today. SS 42204 91581 / occupy.fatigued.wipes / 51.6009 , -4.2798 (per Bird Guides)
Firecrest again on Southward Lane, Langland
Turtle dove spotted in Llangenith a week ago. Also one in pitton but on the wing so no confirmation on that