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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.
Our first swallows of the year at Wernffrwd earlier today. Also a pair of Stonechat, a pair of Linnets, a male Reed Bunting, 14 Shelduck, 4 Little Egret and a Grey Heron.
2 common tern were sat on the bank at the mouth of the pill at Salthouse pt Crofty . soon flew out to the mouth of the estuary . singles of sedge warbler ( Llanrhidian marsh) and Whitethroat( nr bus stop Pengwern common) .small ns swallows . singing yellow hammers : 1 at Ryers down, 3 nr Hangman’s Cross
Pengwern Common “I love bees”
My first willow warblers of the year.. several chiffchaff..
And a buzzard sitting in a very small bush .
Penclawdd(whilst enjoying a Gelato-other outlets are available) Gadwall(2 pairs),Little Egret(3),Grey Heron (1),Shelduck(2), Common Sandpiper(1). Good numbers of Black-headed Gull,Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull. Willow Warbler,Chiffchaff and Blackcap calling from surrounding scrub. Red Kite and Buzzard overhead.
6 Blackcaps and 3 Willow warblers singing in deciduous scrub Crynant this morning. My first of these species this year. Grey wagtail on the river.
2 Robins collecting mealworms in my garden flew off in different directions so presumably 2 nests nearby.
Upper Lliw reservoir plantation 6+ Willow Warbler 3 Crossbill 2 Blackcap 6 Chiffchaff 4 Raven 1 Buzzard 2 Skylark 4Meadow Pipit 6 Linnet
Oxwich Marsh: sedge warbler and at least one grasshopper warbler this morning
Glais circular/ River Tawe 2 Dippers 1Pied Wagtail 1Grey Wagtail 2 Swallows 3 Sand Martin 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Goosander 10+ Redwings 5 Jay 6 buzzard 1 Blackcap
Bullfinches near Brynwhilhach Farm Felindre..2 Female just the 1 male spotted at time…
1Mallard resting on Afon Llan just off Old Felindre Works Service Road… 3 on Afon Llan Nant Y Gors Llangyfelach Common…
Flushed a Kestrel with prey from ground hidden behind hedge row (possibly a mole?) off Service Road to Felindre National Grid…
Beautiful Linnet on fence post above Lletty Thomas farm (above lower lliw reservoir)…
Meadow Pipets,Skylarks in abundance up on Banc Mydffai along the Mawr C… Sunday 10/04/22
RSPB Cwm Clydach 11.4.22 Grey Wagtail x4, Goldcrest x 2, Songthrush, Blackbird, Wren x 2
Rhossili Beach this morning in a severe SE gale. Ringed plover flying UPWIND. In the Llangennith Burrows reedbed: two Cetti’s warblers. Lots of Chiffchaffs, 3 or 4 Skylarks. Near the entrance to Hillend Caravan Park: a singing Blackcap.
Very pleasant morning today at the Gnoll park pond.
Tufted duck: 5m 1f
Mandarin: 1m
Garganey: 1m
Cormorant: 1
Goosander: 4f
Blackcap: at least 5 distinct calling males (around the wooded areas)
Swallow: 1 (too fast for me to click!)
Nesting pair of domestic geese
Plenty of the usual suspects: mallards, moorhens, coots, Canada geese.
Nesting mute swan on lower pond. Also saw a nesting mute swan on Neath Canal on Friday (2022-04-08).
Bro Tawe/Swansea Vale-An array of species which included Teal(2),Tufted Duck(2) Mute Swan( 4 including a pen on nest),Canada Goose(6 including a goose on nest), Blackcap,Willow Warbler,Chiffchaff,Grey Heron, Goldfinch, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Moorhen(some on nests),Coot and Jay. There were Sand Martins around the nesting bank (up from 1 yesterday-there were also 6 at Pontardawe). A new species for me at this site a pond slider(trachemys scripta) basking on the bank in the warm milky sunshine
Swansea Vale this afternoon 2 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Reed Bunting 4 Chiffchaff 2 Swan one on nest 3 Tufted Duck 1 Goosander
Grey Heron, Wren x2 , Songthrush, Blackbird, Swansea Vale
The latest news from Gower Ringing Group.https://www.gowerbirds.org.uk/the-ringing-year-to-date-january-to-early-april-2022/
Oxwich Marsh: grasshopper warbler (reeling), 3 brambling (2f, 1m), marsh tit, fledgling woodpigeon.
A few Wheatear on the Garth(Glais) at first light.Appear to be pushing through as very flighty.
Glyncollen woods this afternoon 2 Jay 1 Song thrush 2 Dunnock 3 Blackbird 3 Nuthatch 1 Wren
Mewslade to Overton Mere 2Ravens 6Linnets 4 Meadow Pipit 1 Willow Warbler 6 Stonechat 15 Jackdaws 4 Chough 2 Chaffinch 1 Swallow over Cefn Bryn
Oxwich Bay: 2 great northern divers yesterday morning
Finally heard my first singing Blackcap of the year this evening in Clyne Valley. Also of note, were a group of 4/5 Redwings.
One adult male, two juvenile crossbill seen at the north end of Cwm Ivy marsh.
April 3 Porteynon Point. 1400. Female black redstart 20 yards from Gower Society plaque on summit. Solitary greylag goose on the beach.