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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.
A Peregrine at Crofty Marsh this morning.
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Cheers Ed.
I saw it the day before on the marsh south of Lougher Castle.
The Pink Footed Goose was also still with 85 Greylags off Crofty/ Wernnfrrd. Much closer in – early morning
At Overton Sewage works a Firecrest was showing on the beds just 4m away every 30mins or so ( see video attached) a 2nd was near the gate to the beach. Also a Siberian Chiffchaff was initially on the bushes behind the beds before coming much closer on the beds. Also 4 Chiffchaff here. Up to 5 Goldcrest on the closest bed at the same time with the Firecrest. Both FC were un-ringed. At Berry lane just 5 Med Gulls and also 25 Golden plover At Salthouse Point – 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Barnacle Goose in with 405 Dark Bellied… Read more »
The Pallid Harrier gave very good views for myself and Alistair Flanagan at Dalton’s Point this morning. Also saw 3 Jack Snipe and Spotted Redshank at Penclawdd.
42 curlew, 15 oystercatcher, 4 common gull and 2 mistle thrush on Ashleigh Road playing fields at 10.45am today. Then 15 starling, 3 oystercatcher and a solitary fieldfare on the Footgolf course. Followed by c.600 oystercatcher, 4 ringed plover and a redshank at Blackpill
Gnoll park this pm, (26).
52 black h gulls,14 tufteds, 15 + mallard,2 adult mute swans with 1 juv,2 grey wagtails,8 chaffinch,4 house sparrows,2 pied wagtails, woodpigeons,magpie ,coots,and morhens.
Nice views of water vole in amongst reeds just in front of hide at oxwich marsh- water rails squealing too
This morning at Dalton’s Point there was a Ruff roosting alongside 349 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 2 Dunlin and 1 Common Sandpiper.
At Crofty there was a large mixed flock of geese feeding on the saltmarsh including 1 Pink-footed, 1 Barnacle, 278 Brent, 5 Canada and 98 Greylag Geese.
6 European Whitefronted Geese flew down the Loughor estuary this morning, viewed from Loughor foreshore (Glan-y-mor Park).
Red kite just soaring over Tycoch. Not often seen overhead here.
Female MH hunting again over Llanrhidian Marsh today at near dusk
Firecrest, Southward Lane, Langland. Bird recaptured that was initially ringed in late November. Indicates overwintering.