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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.
On the fringes of Glynneath a singing Willow Tit was a very welcome surprise after a few fruitless searches at various recent previous local sites
It must be 8-10 years since I had them close to here although not an area I have been into for 2 years or so. Perfect breeding habitat too.
Probable abuse of sightings page, apologies.
Free to a good home (or bad) almost complete set of British Wildlife magazine.
You’ll have to come to Tycoch to get them.
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Apologies for possible rule breaking.
Driving from Resolven to Tonna, 2 Swallows on the power lines at the bottom of Clyne. Also 1 Black cap. 1 Chiffchaff. 1 Greenfinch. Bluetits. Wren actively ground feeding. M & F magpies ground feeding down from their nest. Black birds. 2 wood pigeon. 2 Collared doves. 3 Robins in the garden at Tonna
Little Gull south of Loughor Bridge this evening, plus 2 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper, 9 Curlew, 30 Redshank, 71 Oystercatcher, 163 Black-heads and 10 Common Gulls.
Two swallows near Broad Pool at midday ish today.
A lone swallow over PwllDu Lane, midday 8th April. Same date I spotted first Gower swallow in 2023!
There’s a ringtail out on Llanrhidian Marsh right now, probably going to roost
The number of kittiwakes on the pier is beginning to grow: 54 there this morning.
Saw my first brood of Mallard ducklings on the south shore of the Burry Inlet today, plus Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Sandwich Tern & Black-tailed Godwit @GOWEROS1
https://photos.app.goo.gl/BaLDuvWKRKEyL6h98
Friday 30 march 1 wheatear feeding on grass at morfa retail park.
Today 6 April -morfa-morriston along river 12 sand Martin 7 chiffchaff, 3 willow warbler, 4 goosander (2 m 2f) 1 buzzard
Nine Sand Martins back at their traditional nesting bank at Pontardawe this afternoon.
The Pallid Harrier was over Llanrhidian Marsh this afternoon.