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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.
Oxwich Marsh: lesser whitethroat, c. 5 tree pipit including one ringed, 21 reed warbler, 14 sedge warbler, 21 siskin
A couple of Spotted Flycatcher at Cwmcerdinen today, plus a few Tree Pipit and 2 juvenile Sparrowhawk
Blackpill at the morning tide a few minutes with some birds between disturbances.
5 Sandwich Terns
9 Dunlin
11 Ringed Plover
And from a flat roof near you (probably) juv Lesser Black Backed Gulls with orangy red colour rings
R&N
T&C
T&J
J&N
M&F
G&L
and something&D, probably an L but in water!
Hi Ian
This article (Swansea study hopes to uncover the secret life of gulls – Swansea) provides details and a contact email for submitting records. I am sure they would be very gratefully received.
Thanks
Owain
Had a reply from Peter Rock, all ringed in Swansea (193 in total). Depressingly shows how bad and lazy a birdwatcher I’ve become as RN, JN, MF, and GL are Herring Gulls. Must try harder next time. Thank god for photos I can check, only way I can read the letters now!
Tuesday 12th August: Fantastic views of nightjar on Kilvey Hill at previously reliable spot, male calling continuously, perching and catching flies etc, distant churring heard also.
Last couple of weeks now before their migration south.
Hello Kai.
I’m from Neath. I looked up Kilvey Hill and is it true they are going to do a mad I’ll fated tourist development up there ?
I have only looked for the nightjar many moons ago on Cannock Chase, but unsuccessful.
Would you be able to pm me .I would like to visit the area but not sure where this Friday
Replying here as unable to pm it seems.
You’re correct Roy, work already appears to have started in the form of clearing some flora and relocating reptiles from the area.
Good morning Kai. It is sad news. However , I am going to park in the official car park on Google maps and walk up to the ponds, thinking more flies etc will be there and good feeding area at dusk.
Hopefully that might be good area ? Not been up there before so it’s a new recce for me.
If you have email address or social media you can attach it in a reply to this and I can pm you more details 🙂
Good evening Kai. I ventured up the trail yesterday evening. I went up the trail to the first opening overlooking the city. 9.30 pm . Settled down at the side of the clearing. A nightjar I assume flew right over me to trees in front of me. Had quite a bit of chuttering/churring in front of me but no visible sightings. Could not pick up the sound on merlin app due to the excessive traffic noise from the city even though it was a clear sound. I left my location at 11 pm due to no more sounds. A great… Read more »
Oxwich Marsh: 3 tree pipit, nice fresh adult willow warbler, slight influx of reed warbler and steady numbers of sedge.
Oxwich Marsh: 5-10 tree pipit (including 3 ringed), 2 grasshopper warbler. 300+ starling in roost again.
2 Common Swift amongst a flock of 40 House Martins above Clydach this afternoon.
1 Swift over Sketty, also. First here for two or three weeks.
Oxwich Marsh: 3+ tree pipits, green sandpiper (calling prior to dawn), grasshopper warbler and an influx of sedge warbler today. 300+ starling roosting near the South Pond hide.
Understand there is also movement of tree pipit over West Cliff, Southgate
First Sanderling of the autumn for me with the Dunlin and Ringed Plover at Blackpill. No Terns this evening.
Oxwich Marsh: grasshopper warbler, 31 sedge warblers, 21 reed warblers (all trapped and ringed / processed).
A family party of Stonechats including this very trusting 1CY bird the Caswell end of the path from Langland
I haven’t noticed any swifts over Tycoch the last few days, so I’m guessing they have now largely left.