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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.
Flock of 12 chough flying between field and clifftop, Hunt’s Bay 3pm , Sunday 28/2/21. Also, 2 singing greenfinches between end of Hael Lane, Southgate, and edge of Bishopston Valley
Birds at Llanrhidian marsh at dusk included 9 Great White Egrets, 14 Little Egrets and 2 Grey Herons – who would have believed this ratio 20 years ago! An adult male Goshawk upset the pre-roost somewhat and the egrets didn’t actually fly into the trees until just after an hour after sunset at 18:58. Other species noted of interest that I’m anticipating sticking around to breed included Shoveler, Lapwing, Water Rail, Stock Dove, Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Bunting and a particularly frisky pair of Treecreepers, these the first I’ve seen this year.
Walk along the neath canal giants grave to metal box test driving my new hearing aids managed to hear 8 singing robins one of our resident warblers ,blackbird ,5 moorhens coot, seen were mallards,wood pigeon,collard dove carrion crow herring gulls buzzard and magpie.cant wait for for full song now I can hear again
That’s great news Terry, what perfect timing for you
Walk along Mynydd Brombil to Cwm Brombil with Phil Routliff. Bird of the day was a female Wheatear near Brombil Farm. Earliest either of us can remember. also seen- 2 Red Kites and 3 Buzzards. Echoing PD-J nice to hear Greenfinches singing,at least 2. 7 or more small tortoiseshell butterflies on the wing plus a brimstone.
This Coot was busy dragging sticks to the nest at Pwll Llys y Crëyr/Heron’s Court Pool,Swansea Vale. He got his just reward to!.Feb 27th 2021
Heard my first singing Chiffchaff of the year at Llys Nini yesterday, with support act performances by Goldcrest and Nuthatch. Our friendly Robins have been nest building for over a week and feasibly might even have laid the first egg, but don’t want to disturb them to check at this stage.
Over my garden in Manselfield this morning: 7 Buzzards (yes 7!) circling on thermals and a Red Kite few over from Clyne Common towards Caswell. (With Andrea Steele).
Walk along the River Afan between Velindre-Pwll y Glaw. 5 Dippers counted. 2 Buzzards over Mynydd Dinas, another 3 over Gwaun Afan. Woodpigeon nest building near Lletti Hari. With Phil Routliff.
Heard all too seldom, but heard this morning at the junction of Chestnut Avenue and Mulberry Avenue: greenfinch.
My first porpoise of the year was feeding off Whiteshell Point, Caswell this morning.
Also an adult shag, and the usual 3-4 rock pipit territories between Langland and Caswell now active.
Opposite Kettle Top, Penrice Home Farm, this morning and therefore in a field immediately to the north of the A4118: c70 greylags.
Med gull PHAN still at Bracelet Bay…