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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.
Fendrod Lake. Canada Goose 28, M Swan 7, plus one dead bird, Pochard 5, Tufted Duck 17, Goosander 6(4 drakes), G C Grebe 1
Port Eynon 33 Ringed Plover, single Chough, GC Grebe, Penclawdd Greenshank, Llanrhidian Hen Harrier rt, 3 Snipe, Golden Plover 300
1st winter female goshawk captured in a chicken coop near Murton yesterday. No evidence of previous captivity (scarce as a breeder in Gower) and assumed to be locally-bred bird. Under weight (albeit it was eating a bantam when discovered), and taken to Gower Bird Hospital for rehabilitation. Photo courtesy of Keith Vaughton.
Royal Ashley golf course
Singles of oyc & curlew
Penclawdd singles of C’n Sand and Greenshank, Dalton’s Point Pintail 138, Bl t Godwit 182, Llanrhidian GWE 3, Hen Harrier rt
25/01. Numerous woodcock (estimate of 20) in pasture fields nr. Upper Killay
4 trapped and ringed. Per Edward O’Connor / Val Wilson, Gower Ringing Group.
Bracelet Bay – Mumbles
28 med gulls
Knab Rock – Mumbles
6 dunlin, 10 turnstones, 2 oycs
Recent Rarities decisions by the
Glamorgan Records Committee.
Accepted:
Spoonbill Llanrhidian Marsh, Gower 17/01/20.
Long-tailed Ducks 4 off Aberavon Beach. Neath/Port Talbot. 22/01/20.
Aberavon Beach/Neath Estuary 22/01/20
4 Long-tailed Duck 8 Red-throated Divers 300+ Great Crested Grebes on the incoming tide at 16;00
Mixed Gull flock mainly Herring Gulls 5000+ and small numbers of GBBG, LBBG and 50 Common Gulls Oystercatcher c145 Cormorant c35 Curlew 40 Little Egret Shelduck 4.
Baglan Moors : Jack Snipe 1 (Common) Snipe 13
A belated record of a Spoonbill on Llanrhidian Marsh 17/01/20 viewed from the elevated hump at 12:50
Little Egret in the field off Murton Lane on Monday 21st pm
Yes, a small number can often be seen in these fields.
22 Bar-tailed Godwits and c50 Oystercatchers at Mumbles, today 21st January.
The first outdoor meeting of 2020 was held at Margam Park on 18 January in glorious sunshine with 14 participants plenty of woodland species seen in good number and a total 36 species recorded. Many thanks to all who came along and thanks to Rob Jones and Gwyn Randall for leading the walk. #NPTbirds A list for the day included Canada goose (3), mandarin, mallard (31), little grebe (5), grey heron, sparrowhawk (3), buzzard (2), herring gull (2), wood pigeon (2), collared dove, great spotted woodpecker (2), green woodpecker (3), jay (5), magpie (5), jackdaw (43), rook (1), carrion crow… Read more »
Jan 19th. Lovely walk from Cwm Ivy to Whiteford Point via Whiteford Sands with Bob Tallack, Phil Routliff and Rolb Jones. 2000+ Oystercatchers,190+ Turnstones,27 Ringed Plovers & 81 Brent Geese, 6 of which were pale-bellied. Between Whiteford Point & Berges Island were 2 Long-Tailed Ducks, 8 Scaup 2 Red-Breasted Mergansers, 2 slavonian grebe, 2 great northern diver, 105 Eiders plus 100`s of Shelduck etc. 2 Great White Egrets were picked out by Rob from below Weobley/ Landimore.
7 Brent geese at Port Eynon today (20th January).
Sunday 19 January 2020 Cartersford end of Fairwood Common morning: two snipe and a singing mistle thrush. Ilston Quarry 1 (?2) kestrel.
14 on GOS meeting at Margam Park this morning, leaders Rob Jones and Gwyn Randall.
Oxwich Marsh: bittern, 3 jack snipe (including one captured and ringed) and at least 50 common snipe on the marsh this morning (7 captured)
11th Jan – Marsh Tit in my garden in Upper Killay – first calling ‘pishoo pishoo’ & then seen.
14th Jan – Regular night roost of 250+ Jackdaws in trees off Sketty Park Road in Sketty.
Ilston yesterday (15th January). A total of 30+ Blue Tits visiting 3 different garden feeding stations. Also 1 Marsh Tit.
15/01/2019. Plenty of water pipits with 6 at Penclawdd, 3 Weobley, 2 Dalton’s Point – also 1 at Knelston on a flood with 50 Pied wagtails 13/1.
Also 6 scaup off Whiteford, 1 slavonian grebe and 1 red-necked grebe on the falling tide off Salthouse Point, plus a common sandpiper and a greenshank
(Ed Hunter on Twitter)
Oystermouth castle grounds
Good numbers of tits yesterday.. surprisingly mostly coal tits
Cracking male bullfinch feeding on buds near the entrance steps
Dr & Mrs Jerry Kingham saw c50 sanderlings this morning at Oxwich just west of the mouth of Nicholaston Stream.
Very confiding kingfisher on the large shallow pool in Valley Wood, Penllergaer this afternoon. SS62454 99118. Also moorhen and mallard.
Marsh tit heard and seen at Pwll Du this morning. 61 birds captured there by Gower RG included a nuthatch and 5 bullfinches.