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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.
This afternoon – limeslade – an otter active for 20 minutes or so fishing over submerged scars close to shore towards the point on incoming tide
Also male great crested grebe plus 2 shags in the vicinity
Bro Abertawe/Swansea Vale
A decent hour down the Bro early afternoon-Sand Martin(20),House Martin(1),Willow Warbler(5),Chiffchaff(8),Blackcap(3),Mute Swan(2 pairs) one pair on nest.Moorhen(15) some in fighting mode,whilst others on nests.Goosander(3) again in fighting mode-two males over one female.Whilst all this was going one two Yellow-necked Pond Sliders were basking the day away
River neath a kingfisher seen from the viewing point near Morrison’s,
House Martin Marsh Rd Wernffrwd 6.00pm 04/04/23
15 Sand Martin at the traditional nesting bank at Pontardawe.They were joined briefly by a day flying bat-judging by size a pipistrel.
Willow warbler singing at Crymlyn Bog today.
The gull is back in town.Ringed Herring Gull ESV back in Clydach for another season.Ringed in Gloucester in 2009.Last recorded in August 2022
Tree creeper, grey wagtail and lots of GS woodpecker drumming in Clyne woods yesterday afternoon
House martin over Oxwich this morning. Otherwise no sign of migrants other than chiffchaff around the reed bed. A six year old siskin the best at the ringing table.
2 Little Ringed Plover (passage birds) at Castell Du this evening. Also 53 Meadow Pipit, 27 Pied Wagatail, Greenshank, Wigeon, 7 Gadwall, etc.
Lovely sunny evening in Gnoll Park, Neath, yesterday (1st April). Saw my first swallows of the year, pair of female goosander, male mandarin, and approx four tufted duck on the large pond. Lower pond featured a male and female tufted duck, and what I believe to be one female gadwall (attached).
Hi Troy, that looks like the hybrid that’s been around a while, possibly Pintail x Red Crested Pochard, though I’m unsure of parentage. Lovely light
Oh, an interesting mix! Thanks for the info. Yes, it was beautiful light.
Cwm Clydach this morning. Tree Creeper, Nuthatch, pair of Jays, Dipper and singing Blackcap plus usuals.