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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.
This afternoon at Loughor fare shore car park.
Not much birdwise, a single Whimbrel being the only bird of note but at least a dozen painted lady butterflies between the car park and the watch point, also good numbers of worker Red-tailed, buff/white-tailed, garden, common carder and early nesting bumble bees.
Many thanks again to Ed Hunter for leading a party of 30 members to four venues in the Brecon area; mountains, moors and lakes. We found 58 species on a beautiful sunny and hot day. Thanks to all who came and enjoyed a great day of birding. Reports include: Jay Magpie Carion Jackdaw Wood Pigeon Collared Dove Goldfinch Bullfinch Greenfinch Chafffinch Linnet Pied Flycatcher Spotted Flycatcher Canada Goose Grey Lag Goose Herring Gull Lesser BB Gull Scarlet Macaw Swallow Swift Sand Martin House Martin Tree Pipit Meadow Pipit Sky Lark Pipit Osprey Buzzard Peregrine Red Kite Dunnock House Sparrow Blue… Read more »
I’d love to know the story behind the macaw!
Nightjars churring for quite a while on the top of the mountain between Resolven and Crynant last night, near the Star Gazing Hare. I heard them for about two hours at various distances.
(I’m posting because I think there is a walk up there scheduled soon although this is away from Gower!)
Cwm Clydach from car park nr the New Inn.
3 Dippers, including an adult feeding a juvenile.
No Spotted Flycatchers again this year (3 previous locations checked)
Couldn’t find any flycatchers either, Nigel, on recent visit. Shame because used to be great spot for them
That stretch of Cwm Clydach used to be my go to spot for Spot Flys, very sad! What about the northern stretch (although I’ve never been there)?
What about Bishopston valley, always thought that had potential although it’s a bit of a hike!?
Theses warm(ish) overcast conditions are good for counting Swift around the Afon Tawe. I started off at Ystalyfera down to Ynystawe. I recorded two at Ystalyfera where I’ve drawn a blank in previous years. There were four at Ynysmeudwy,two over the river at Glanrafon(Riverside).Four at Pontardawe, with another four over the Tawe by Tesco(there are other supermarkets !). Six over the Tawe by pont y Glais and eight at Ynystawe where the bypass crosses the Tawe. On the home front it looks as if it’s been a good breeding season for Starling and House Sparrow. A creche of 30 juvenille… Read more »
Ashlands Pond in Port Tennant earlier this lunchtime: pair of bullfinch, great spotted woodpecker, reed warbler, cetti’s warbler,
female tufted duck with 8 chicks, solitary little grebe with 1 chick, swallow and at least 6 house martins in the distance over Dan y Graig Road.