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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.
At Port Eynon today there was a minimum of 67 Sandwich terns roosting on the beach bringing food to still some begging Juvs. in with them 3 new red ringed birds different to a bird a few days ago. There were just 32 Med gulls but 85 Ringed plovers gave fantastic views for scrutinising and 3 were Tundra Ringed Plover types were in with them. 11 Sanderling – 2 ads rest juvs, 1 knot – juv, 24 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin and a Peregrine
This am
Castell Du. Pied Wagtail 103, including one alba, Teal 20, Snipe 4, Kingfisher 1, Goosander 1, Spotted Flycatcher 1.
Loughor Bridge. Bar t Godwit 8, Bl t Godwit 18, Dunlin 15. A flock of around 30 Dunlin containing a smaller calidrid, presumably a Little Stint flew up river but , unfortunately, they settled on the Carms side towards the bridge from Morgan Bacas.
At Port Eynon today I met up with Renauld for a few hours. There were 127 Mediterranean Gulls with around 80 leaving high north inland around 11.30 where they appeared to be initially anting but then disappeared and did not return by 1.30pm. There were 4 colour ringed Med gulls including a Hungarian ringed bird. Yesterday Renauld saw a colour ringed bird here and then the same bird later at Swansea Bay in the evening. Around 21 Sandwich Terns with a red ringed bird (KKK). Also there was 1 Knot, 6 Dunlin,45 Ringed plover, 7 Sanderling, 2 Common Gull, 2… Read more »
This pm
Oxwich
Kingfisher one in the NNR, very overgrown with reeds again, little open water. A great shame, I remember breeding Pochard there!
In the bay C’n Scoter 9, Sandwich Tern 2, Med Gull 39.
Penclawdd. C’n Sand 1, Greenshank 1, Redshank 172
Renauld Flamand (the co-ordinator of the Europe-wide colour ringing project on Mediterranean gulls) counted 600+ Mediterranean gulls roosting on the sea in Swansea Bay yesterday.
The American Road from Weobley to the artillery ranging tower this morning: green sandpipers, flocks of linnets, c200 geese (presumably Canadas and GL) flying east along the escarpment and alighting at Little Wernhalog, mute swan in flight, 2 or 3 grey heron, 2 little egret, half a dozen skylarks, small flock pied wagtails, collared dove heard (yes, from far down the marsh), green woodpecker and pheasant heard at a distance, ravens, carrion crows, flock of starlings, and in the woodland at Weobley a buzzard.
Loughor Bridge in the run up to HT
Bl t Godwit 31, Bar t Godwit 6, Dunlin 12, Curlew Sand 2 juvs, Greenshank 1, Little Egret 19, GC Grebe 2, Teal 3, Swan 2.
Dalton’s Point Teal 76
Llanrhidian Green Sand 3, Gadwall 6, Shoveler 9, Greylag 229, GW Egret 1, Greenshank 2, Lapwing 18, Teal 74, Snipe 1
Margam Sands with Phil Routliff- 8 Sandwich Terns,c200 Herring Gulls,2 adult & 1 imm. Great black-backed gulls,53 Oystercatchers,6 Curlew,5 Ringed Plovers.
On the run up to HT
Loughor Bridge
Dunlin 26, Ringed Plover 4, Bar t Godwit 11 juvs, C’n Sand 1, Bl t Godwit 18, Curlew 18, Greenshank 1
On the run up to HT at Loughor Bridge
Spoonbill 1 heading towards the WWT
Bar t God 3 juvs, Bl t God 4, GC Grebe 2, Guillemot 1
Weobley Track – great few hours this morning on the tide 700 Dunlin, 280 Ringed Plover, 9 Golden Plover, 1 Turnstone, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Curlew sandpipers – but figure most likely larger due to there been waders all around being flushed at times by 2 Peregrines so lots of mixing of flocks. Birds not commuting to Whitford point it seemed The Peregrines were a adult with a juv hunting together. Also 24 Ravern, 1 Sparrowhawk , 4 Great White Egrets, 1 Wheatear. Still no sign of Stints…