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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.
A blackcap singing its heart out in Cwm Ivy woods yesterday.
Grey Heron spotted by Andrea in the field behind our gardens in Manselfield yesterday afternoon
This morning three Wheatears on the rocks below the coast path between Langland and Caswell.
At Langland Golf Club swallows have arrived back at their habitual nest in the green-keepers’ shed.
Castell-du has been interesting the last couple of days. In addition to this intermediate Iberian/Ashy-headed Wagtail found by Chris Brewer, I’ve seen 1 Grey, 4 White & 34 Pied Wagtails, 20 Meadow Pipits, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, Peregrine & Stock Dove
Sedge warbler and grasshopper warbler at Pant y Sais Fen this morning; followed by sedge and grasshopper warbler at Crymlyn Bog.
Yesterday (April 17th) along the coast path between Limeslade Bay and Langland at about midday a bird flew over me making a call that I am not very familiar with. Having listened to recordings I now believe that it was a Yellow Wagtail, though difficult to be 100% certain.
April16th. a closer shot of the blackbird prankster.
April 16th: Whiteford c80 eider, 16 shelduck with very vocal groups in rapid flights around dunes, lapwing displaying over flooded dune slack, 1 whimbrel calling near lighthouse. Blackcap, willow warbler, sedge warbler and chiffchaff singing. 1 swallow.
Blackbird, pictured, doing a surprisingly good impersonation of a ring ousel near entry into forest from lane from Cwm Ivy.
Multiple Willow Warblers and one Grasshopper Warbler singing at Crymlyn Bog this afternoon. Also, Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps.
On Swansea Marina beach at about 6pm there was one Bar-tailed Godwit. The first time I have ever seen one there. Perhaps on spring migration.
c110 Sand Martins at Fendrod Lake at lunchtime today.
Lliw Valley reservoirs this morning. Sparrowhawk over lower reservoir. Group of 3 Buzzards. 2 Red Kites. Many Willow Warblers and Chiff Chaffs. Singing Blackcaps in woods on way up. Wheatear by half way quarry. 2 Grey Wagtails on Upper Reservoir wall.
Species of interest during this morning’s HT visit to Wernffrwd included 6 Teal, 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 11 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 22 Grey Plover, 74 Golden Plover, 4 Dunlin, 17 Curlew, 21 Redshank, 1 House Martin, 2 Swallow, & 1 Wheatear. English Scurvygrass (white flowers – a member of the cabbage family and not a grass!) is currently looking good on the saltmarsh.
Just counted 104 GP in another a photo of part of the flock. It’s more likely there were around 120 there today – counting flocks in flight isn’t easy!