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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.
Breeding female grasshopper warbler (bird captured with brood patch), juvenile stonechats and first fledged reed warbler of the year at Oxwich Marsh.
Four swifts flying over Derwen Fawr/Sketty Park at around 9.30pm this evening
Peregrine Falcon parents spooked (unintentionally) on a walk on North Gower yesterday afternoon (3pm 14/06/23)… Both took to flight and extremely vocal flying circular over head until I exited the area…
Two Med Gulls at Bracelet.
A single Swift over Thistleboon just now.
A great morning for sea watching at Bracelet. Six Gannets circling over a large pod of Dolphin. Good numbers if Shearwater and Auks flying up channel.
Reed warblers Nicholaston pill 1.30 13/06/23
8 Swifts screaming over Manselton just now
Were they flying low, about roof height? If so, please add the record to Swift Mapper.
Quite high. When they came back later around 8:30pm there were at least 14 of them. They’re around here most days now
Anthony you can also add Ramsgrove and Mewslade for yellowhammers.
Mistletoe Thrush pair regularly seen on Langland Bay Golf course.
Tawny Owl, 1 adult 2 owlets Singleton Park tonight.
Yellowhammer seem to be doing well this summer on the Gower… Reynoldston,Scurlage,Penrice,,Oxwich,
Horton,Port Eynon, Pitton Cross all noted…
Greater Whitethroat also well noted…
Anthony,
You can add Tankeylake Moor to that list.
Paul
Surprised but pleased to see a flock of 19 swifts over Southward Lane, Langland yesterday evening. Birds seen at 21:15, when still quite light.