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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.
Herberts Quarry near Brynaman 1 Wheatear, many Meadow Pipits, 2 Pied Wagtails.
2 singing Chiffchaffs today in the copse behind the Health Centre at Murton.
Bro Tawe/Swansea Vale-Three pairs of Tufted Duck remain on the pools.
First singing chiffchaff for me this morning. At the end of the new duelled section of the Rotherslade to Limeslade coastal super highway (courtesy of Swansea City Council).
Also grey seal, lots of singing stonechats and amorous dunnocks
This morning.
South of the Loughor Bridge. Goldeneye 3 fems, Chiffchaff 1 in song, Greylag 2, Curlew 8.
Castell Du. Canada Goose 21, Barnacle Goose 1, Wigeon 35, Greenshank 2, Gadwall 16, Teal 3, Curlew 4, Shelduck 6
This afternoon on the rising tide.
Penclawdd. Greenshank 2, Redshank 6.
Dalton’s Point. Teal 26, Greenshank 1.
Broughton Bay. Common Gull 147 in a field opposite the car park, Common Scoter 241 north of Burry Holms, R T Diver 3.
Afternoon up Mynydd Gelliwastad mountain 2 Chiffchaff 1 Skylark10+ Meadow Pipits 3 pairs of Stonechats 3 Treecreepers and a pair of Long-tailed tits.
Kate Williams March 14 13.00
Two Yellow Hammers, pied wagtails, Buzzard, Pheasants, about 20 Grey Lag. Penrice near fish pond.
Lots of GS woodpecker drumming in Clyne woods yesterday afternoon at around 4pm, coming from all directions.
A clump of fur from our very old ginger cat put out on the hedge, has been frantically taken away by grateful Dunnocks and Blue Tits!
This afternoon over the HT.
Dalton’s Point. Greenshank 1, Black t Godwit 58, Goldeneye 1 fem drifting up with the tide, RB Merganser 3 (1drake), GC Grebe 14, Pintail 12.
Salthouse Point. GC Grebe 4, Slavonian Grebe 1 in transition plumage, Brent Goose 311, Shelduck 50, Red Kite 1.
Llanrhidian Marsh. Teal 52, Shoveler 11, GW Egret 6, Gadwall 4.
Cadaxton salt marsh 10 am a calling whooper swan flying South East .A male goosander in the river from the roundabout viewing area
Cadaxton salt marsh 10am a whopper swan ,calling flying South East , in the river a male goosander was showing well by the roundabout viewing area near Morrison’s
Castell Du on Sat afternoon had 18 meadow pipit , 37 pied wagtail , 2 white wagtail , 135 wigeon , 12 teal , 10 gadwall , 6 mallard , 36 LBB gull , 10 GBB gull , 32 herring gull . 2 green shank which have overwintered and 2 common sandpiper
Oxwich Marsh and Bay: 25 snipe and 1 jack snipe on the marsh, along with two teal. In the bay, two red-throated divers, 1 great northern diver (asleep by the point) and a handful of great crested grebes
Pair of Dippers, 2 Male and 4 Female Goosanders on the Tawe this afternoon. Plenty of Redwings still around over the Garth.
Male Reed Bunting feeding on my lawn in Manselfield this morning. Male and female were also here last week. Busy morning on the bird feeders: 12 Goldfinches, Nuthatch, Blue, Great, Coal and Longtailed Tits, male and female Bullfinch, Greenfinches with Dunnocks and Chaffinches feeding on the lawn.
Escapee Chinese Goose, probably bird seen 2 weeks ago on Gnoll Park lake, now at the Ffendrod.
Neath saltmarsh
90+ Canada geese and 8 grey lag geese from the roundabout gate .
No blackcaps garden Brynfield Road this winter. Female on feeders 1230 today.
Thrilling to watch a pair of Kestrels actively hunting together on Clyne Common this lunchtime..
Picture of one of them .
Oxwich Marsh: two bramblings (females) with the siskin and goldfinch flock.
5 jays in a group. Two woodcock pre-dawn
A red kite over my garden in Briton ferry and a grey wagtail in my shed roof
Red Kite quite low over Pwll Mawr (Upper Killay pond) yesterday afternoon, heading towards Fairwood Common.
1st March, 3.30pm, Porteynon, Sedger’s Bank: 28 dark-bellied brent geese, one eider duck (1st winter male). 1porpoise.