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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.
Port Eynon this morning offshore: 5 Scoter, 3 GN Diver, 1 Guillemot, 1 GC Grebe, 3 Shag. Sedgers Bank: 31 Ringed Plover, 40 Turnstone, 15 Purple Sandpiper Pennard: 1 Dartford Warbler, 20 Fieldfare Penclawdd: 2 Grey Plover, 1 male Hen Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 1 Merlin, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark At Crofty this evening the Siberian Chiffchaff was present along with two typical Chiffchaff. Also 32 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 9 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail and 18 Linnet feeding around the dung pile. Also 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier over the marsh, and possibly the Pallid… Read more »
There was a Siberian Chiffchaff with two nominate birds, feeding on the dung heap at Crofty triangular Marsh today. Also Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch, 2 Stonechats, 3 Reed Bunting, 4 Meadow Pipits and a Green Sandpiper
Yesterday afternoon (24th Jan) there were 13 Great Crested Grebes in Swansea Bay near to Blackpill.
Swansea vale ,3 large berry trees on millstream way lots of redwings, a few blackbirds and song thrushes, worth keeping tabs
On ideal for waxwings
Swansea vale , on heol fenrod pool 2 mute swan,6 Canada geese ,2 tufteds,31 mallard,and 4 morhen,
Tesco neath Abbey car park 200est jackdaw and 45 carrion crows .
A summary of the Gower RG Ringing Year is here: https://www.gowerbirds.org.uk/the-ringing-year-2023-gower-ringing-group/
This morning a great northern diver off Oxwich Point (with good numbers of great crested grebe) and a mixed roosting flock of rook and carrion crow numbering 100+ leaving Oxwich Wood at dawn. Snipe back in the marsh following a clear out during the cold weather.
51 black headed gulls on baglan hospital pool ,also common gull,and 4 herring gull 2 o clock
Yesterday morning at Penclawdd: 3 Snipe, 4 Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 6 Spoonbill, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Common Gull, 2 Fieldfare, 1 Kestrel
Dalton’s Point: 30 Knot, 4 Dunlin, 49 Barwits, 180 Brant, and a selection of other waterfowl
Crofty: 380 Brent, 1 Snipe, 5 Green Sandpiper
This afternoon: 4 Pink-footed Geese from Penclawdd along with 5 Brent, 35 Greylag and 30 Canada. Also 3 Snipe and a Water Pipit further west, closer to Dalton’s Point.
Short video clip of the distant Pinks here https://photos.app.goo.gl/FQ1bP225fbSQByUK9
4 Pink-footed Geese were at Penclawdd today, found by Mark Hipkin
Red kites over Britton ferry friday ,and over Tesco neath Abbey today Sunday ,and yesterday in Briton ferry 20+ redwings
Up to 30 house sparrows in my garden this week and 40 + starlings together around the estate
4 Chiffchaff together on Horse bedding waste in a field w side of Crofty Industrial Estate. 1 Green Sandpiper. 1 first winter Spoonbill in pill nearby.
2 Common Sandpiper Penclawdd Pill