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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: firecrest, 15 blackcap, 8 chiffchaff, 8 goldcrest, 18 goldfinch, reed warbler, snipe, sparrowhawk and treecreeper among 137 birds captured this morning.
The Lesser Yellowlegs was also seen again today on the Lougher foreshore (15:50 ) LF as was a Spotted Redshank much earlier. Other Watts app sightings today from the county included 3 Firecrest at Middleton, Rhossili (CG), 1 at Overton (LL-G), 1st winter Glossy ibis flying over Eg Nun res 11:55 (SH), and an adult in field by Kenfig IND Estate at 14:30 (RJ) (Neath Saltmarsh record erroneously attributed by Birdguides), 2 great egret at Neath Saltmarsh. Also a Little stint and Hen Harrier at Weobley (LL-G)
Whiteford Point today: A juv Hobby gave awesome views perched near the hide at Cwm Ivy then later hawking from the path and at eye level from the cafe at times with a perched Osprey in same view in the dead trees. Also 21 Bar Tailed Godwit, 280 Curlew, I Whinchat, 250 Dunlin, 150 Ringed Plover, 2 Turnstone, 80 Knot, 14 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear , 40 Eider, 2 Curlew sandpiper, 15 Med pipit, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Crossbill, 1 Whimbrel, 400 wigeon, 15 Pintail, 9 Dark Bellied Brent. Landimore : 29 Lapwing in ploughed field LLanrhidian: 1 male Marsh Harrier, 35… Read more »
the perched Hobby
another Hobby flight shot
13.45 another huge flock, this time mixed Swallows and House Martins. Also nice view of a Kingfisher hovering.
Castell Du today at 13.15 a flock of 100+ Swallows on passage.
Oxwich Marsh: firecrest, 100+ house martins and the starling roost of several hundred birds still present near the hide
some fine birding at Castell Du on this mornings high tide saw 3 Little stint , 1 Curlew sandpiper, 1 Spotted redshank , 19 Redshank, 4 Greenshank , 16 Dunlin , 19 Ringed plover , 1 Goshawk, Hobby y’day . 7 Great Egret, 1 Cattle Egret . ( with Dai Herbert )
The Lesser Yellowlegs which Dai Herbert found y’day here was relocated down at Loughor forshore
Hobby over Crymlyn Bog today.
A Lesser Yellowlegs was seen at Castell du today in the morning before flying down stream when flushed by a Peregrine. One to look out for on the Lougher est the next days
1 Ruff at Blackpill this evening, long time since I’ve seen one there and equal to the number of Oystercatchers this evening!
Cetti’s Warbler handsomely singing in the pleasant sunshine near to Gateway resort along the coastal defence path midday, with Merlin overhead.
Counts from a scan of the mudflats south-west of Loughor Bridge yesterday morning included 3 Ringed Plover, 17 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 18 Bar-tailed Godwit, 842 Black-tailed Godwit, 49 Curlew, 1 Grey Phalarope=, 727 Black-headed Gull & 31 Common Gull.