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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.
Southward Lane, Langland.
Firecrest. Probable 1st winter male.
There has been a strong influx of wintering blackcap this November. 2 birds (male and female) in the garden this morning. Also a male yesterday.
Richard Dann has caught 20 different birds at Southgate since 1 November.
A Grey Wagtail near the Crofty dung heap (now much diminshed) this morning.
2 Red Throated Divers seen in Bracelet Bay late afternoon today.
Twi male blackcaps in the garden in Glynderwen this morning- feeding on rotten fruit on the apple tree.
Southward Lane, Langland. 1st winter firecrest captured this morning that was initially ringed here on 14 September. Indicates that some birds are lingering / wintering as opposed to moving through.
Llanrhidian. 2 female Marsh Harriers, Kestrel, Buzzard, in field by layby, Song Thrush family and Green Woodpecker
Clyne woods bridle path (Derwen Fawr side) 23rd November just before dusk. Two GS woodpeckers seen flying together. Green woodpeckers heard calling. 8-10 long tailed tits in one tree. Several jays spotted along the path. Also a several magpies enjoying an apple tree near the tip. Other species included robin, blackbird and wood pigeon.
Another Firecrest (1st winter male) captured in my garden on Pennard Cliffs this morning. Also captured was this 1st year female Sparrowhawk and another Blackcap which was probably part of the influx of the species that arrived here earlier this week.
A GOS walk from Cwm Ivy this morning: we got as far as the end of the pine woods only to be met by heavy rain. Only 20 or so species reported in poor conditions but in very good company. Better luck next time!
I stayed out and made it to Whiteford Point, by which time it was dry! My total was 50 for the day, and the list was: Bar Tailed Godwit, Black Headed Gull, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Brent Goose (DB), Buzzard, Crow, Chaffinch, Cormorant, Curlew, Dunlin, Dunnock, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, GBB Gull, GC Grebe (1), Great Northern Diver (2), GS Woodpecker, Great Tit, Grey Heron, Grey Plover, Herring Gull, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, LBB Gull, Little Egret, Long Tailed Tit, Magpie, Merlin (F), Oystercatcher, Pallid Harrier, Peregrine (2, chasing a Woodpigeon), Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Raven, Redshank, Redwing, Reed Bunting, Robin, Shelduck, Snipe, Song… Read more »
Firecrest: 1st winter male present yesterday on Southward Lane, Langland. Also 2 goldcrest, chiffchaff.
This afternoon.
Leason Pill. 25 Wigeon, 68 Teal, 2 GW Egret.
Llanrhidian Marsh. Hen Harrier 2 rt, Marsh Harrier 1 fem type, Pallid Harrier 1 rt
Dalton’s Point. Teal 57, Wigeon 26, Pintail 59, Greenshank 2, Dunlin 1056, Redshank 115.
35 species seen at Fendrod Lake today including:
1 Goosander, 5 Pochard, 5 Teal, 26 Tufted Duck, 22 Moorhen, 32 Coot, 1 Med Gull, 133 B H Gull, 214 Herring Gull, 1 Chiffchaff and 36 Mute Swan.
Unfortunately there were two dead Mute Swans, which I have reported and received confirmation that this has been logged and the relevant team hopes to retrieve them over the next couple of days.