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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.
A Sand Martin has just flown from Swansea Vale towards Morriston.
Cwm Clydach RSPB Reserve,Craigcefnparc. Doing some lone working voluntary work in spring like conditions. Plenty of bird activity. Great Spotted Woodpecker(3, two of which were drumming),Nuthatch(6),Treecreeper(1),Dipper(1),Grey Wagtail(3),Great Tit(8),Blue Tit(6),Long Tail Tit(3), Chiffchaff(3 singing),Blackcap(1 singing),
Buzzard(1),Sparrowhawk(1),Goldcrest(2),Blackbird(6),Song Thrush(4),Mistle Thrush(2),Mallard (2).Highlight came just after a lunch break when a visiting birder reported a Firecrest. I dashed up the reserve where he had seen it. After sitting for a while I re-located the bird in the fir trees just below the cottage where the Welsh flag is flying. A good days work and a nice bird.
Around 40 species seen in walk by River Tawe, Fendrod Lake and Swansea Vale/LNR.
Numbers of singing Chiffchaff building with 8+ seen or heard. Also singing Blackcap by River Tawe. Still several Redwing around.
Fendrod Lake had 9 Tufted Duck, Pochard, 2 G C Grebes and a Teal (unusual for FL).
Swansea Vale had Green and G S Woodpecker, Bullfinch, Treecreeper, Reed Bunting, Little Grebe and encouraging numbers of Chaffinch and Greenfinch, which are showing signs of a recovery in this location. No Sand Martins seen yet, which is disappointing for this location.
At last Spring has arrived in Murton today, with a Chiffchaff singing in the copse behind the Health Centre.
122 kittiwakes on the ledges at Mumbles Pier this morning.
3 porpoise feeding near the Mixen buoy, 3 mallard between Limeslade and Rotherslade. Rock pipit collecting nesting material at Snaple Point, Langland
Lots of pairs of singing (as opposed to chatting) Stonechats along Limeslade cliff path this morning. Mixed flock of Greenfinch and Goldfinch seen. Kittiwakes seen at Mumbles Pier
Some nice sightings at Crofty/Penclawdd this morning on a falling tide: Brent Geese (c26), Shelduck, Teal, Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Knot, Black Tailed Godwit (c25), Redshank, Curlew, Little Egret, GBB Gull, LBB Gull, Black Headed Gull and Common Gull amongst other things. And my first Chiffchaff of the year!
Single Chiffchaff, my first of the year, was singing in Clyne Woods yesterday, March 16th. 3 Buzzards soaring together over Clyne Woods in this evening’s sunshine. A couple of Redwings flying into woods at dusk
6 Ravens over Briton ferry this morning family party I suspect
Two groups of greylag geese (8 & 4) east along the coast at Bracelet and between Bracelet and Rotherslade this morning. Also 2 great crested grebe off Knab Rock and c.80 dunlin on the old lifeboat slip.
I saw a goose flying east along the coast from Rotherslade this morning. Almost certainly one of your greylags.
Llanrhidian Marsh midday; one Great Egret and one female Hen Harrier.
Little Egret feeding in rock pools opposite Oystermouth Square this morning.