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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.
i rather think i spotted a black redstart at bracelet bay this morning. do correct me if i’m wrong!
Jay and great spotted woodpecker Brynfield Road this morning. c15 magpies together in neighbour’s sycamores. I thought flocking was in the autumn.
Red Kite circling over West Cross this morning.
Green woodpecker in Langland garden this morning
Buzzard, kestrel, raven and 2 chough feeding on the cliffs between Southgate and Pwll Ddu yesterday a.m. Also singing male song thrush, dunnock and greenfinch.
Dear All As of 1 March we are officially in the breeding season (although some species are already breeding and / or have been engaged in territorial behaviour for some time). For Schedule 1 species we need to ensure that any sightings do not provide information that may lead to their disturbance at the nest, as this is not only not in their interest, but also an offence. Schedule 1 birds include cliff-nesting species such as Dartford warbler and chough which have been targeted by photographers (some of whom have used tape lures) in recent years, and species expanding their… Read more »
Dartford Warbler Rotherslade Cliff path
A Little Gull was the highlight of the larid ensemble off Loughor Yacht Club today, which comprised:
Greater Black-backed Gull 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 48
Herring Gull 181
Common Gull 1
Mediterranean Gull 1
Black-headed Gull 103
The Little Gull spent some time feeding on the north side of Loughor Bridge as the tide pushed up, before eventually drifting up channel.
Little Grebe at Brynmill Park Lake. Midday Feb 26th
6 goosander 3m 3f on river tawe between plasmarl and morriston
Singing Dartford Warbler Limeslade – Rotherslade cliff path
Heard one yesterday pm also towards rotherslade
Lovely Goshawk yesterday about midday cruising fairly low from Kittle direction over the main road through fairwood common.