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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.
Great northern diver, close inshore, Oxwich 400m beyond the hotel 4pm. 5 March 2021.
Fem/ 2 cyc Black Redstart on roofs of houses in Oxford st, SA1
‘Our’ herring gull pair was showing signs of courtship ten days ago; and this morning one had a large untidy twist of vegetable matter in its beak. More of the same is already appearing on our downstairs lavatory roof. Their nest-building skills are very poor. Whether their attempts at breeding are more fruitful than last year’s remains to be seen. (And female blackcap on feeder again this morning.)
Kittiwakes back on the old lifeboat shed. About 35 this morning First I have seen there this year.
A small flock of 7 Ravens were displaying together over West Cliff in Southgate this morning, for about an hour.
Out and about on my bike in the last week, I twice heard snatches of what I thought was blackcap song. I am not writing down records. Today however, I had a male blackcap on my sunflower hearts feeder at 1212; and a female at 1240.
Over 40 species seen around Swansea Vale/LNR today, which included: Redwing, Teal, Lesser Redpoll, Reed Bunting, singing Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Goosander and Little Grebe.
LNR ?
Richard there is a nature reserve there.. nice boardwalk around the outside..
Margam Sands per P.Routliff. c480 Sanderlings,340+Herring Gulls & 8 Lesser black-backed Gulls.
Dear All
As we are now in the breeding season, 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.
Thank you for your assistance in this.
GOS Committee
A stonechat on Salthouse Point, Crofty today plus a crow with a whole suet ball in its mouth and a little egret catching rag worm.
Dunlin, at least 72 on new lifeboat slipway and 19 on outermost rock of Mumbles outer head. c100 turnstone feeding amongst cobbles on foreshore below games arcade. Dartford warbler next to coastal path . 2pm and 3pm 1/3/21.
Thank you Barry just hope I can remember them all