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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.
No sign of any Black Redstarts this morning, presume they were passing through. 1 Yellow Browed Warbler in the Sycamores at Mumbles Cricket Club entrance. Record photo to follow. Mumbles Hill 1 Chiffchaff.
Shag off Verdi’s this morning. Great Crested Grebe there, by no means fully into winter plumage (very probably Jeremy’s bird). Kittle ford on the Bishopston stream: Bullfinch. (Yes, Coal Tits are very strong. I had four at once in the little ornamental tree supporting my feeders, arguing for a bigger population within twenty or thirty yards. They are very confident.)
The year of the coal tit. 7 coal tits and 2 Nuthatch at Langland Corner this morning
2 great crested grebes at Mumbles prom this morning. Flock of long tailed tits at Rotherslade. A flock of robins on the move at Rotherslade and in amongst them a female blackcap. 15 Turnstone at Mumbles Pier and at least 7 Cormorant.
Quick count at Blackpill this morning.. after high tide.. at least 35 great crested grebes.. 4 great black backs, 31 curlew… And too many herring and BH gulls to count properly.. several redshanks in amongst the oystercatcher flock. No.med gulls noted.
This GC Grebe was snapped close to the Prom at Mumbles this morning using my pocket camera. The photo is cropped, but it was a great view.
Yellow-browed warbler Southward Lane, Langland mid-morning (watched foraging in yew and sycamore for several minutes). With goldcrest and blue tits. Later a blackcap in same location.
Earlier, sparrowhawks seen over Mumbles Hill, Tivoli and Southward Lane.
Shag foraging off Knab Rock. Grey wagtail at Limeslade.
No sign of either black redstarts at Pier / Bracelet or great northern diver off Pier / Knab
Little Egret flying east around Tutt Head this am at 0830
Yesterday evening at Greenacres Rd. Pull-in, Penclawdd, there were around 400 wigeon, 300 shelduck, 9 pintail, 6 teal, 9 shoveler, and 1 gadwall in the River Loughor. Also lots of waders including 30 knot, and a few dunlin.
c2,340 Woodpigeons reported by Phil Routliff over Port Talbot this a.m. between 07.15-08.15. Gnoll Park-6 Mute Swans,3 Cormorants,6 Goosanders (1male), 9 Tufted Duck,89 Mallard,23 Moorhens, 6 Coot.106 Black-headed Gulls,3 Red Kites,2 Buzzards & 390+ Woodpigeons flying north.
Five Swallows circling and hawking around Mumbles Inner Head this pm. Feeding up before flying over the water.
Not a single Kittiwake on the Pier.
A flight of eleven Cormorants flew east into the bay in the lee of the Lighthouse and landed on the water.
Mumbles Head /Bracelet Bay 3 female type Black Redstart. Tutt Head 1 further ditto. Mumbles Hill 1 female type Blackcap.