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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.
Single Chough northern flank Rhosili Down on path to Hillend. On ground at 30m distance, on path below, visible detail against bracken, bright flat light. Non jackdaw alarm cries. Glossy black, jackdaw sized, orange bill and legs evident on flight. Midday 6th Sept.
Evening Huw. They are now reasonably common across west and south Gower following re-colonisation of the Peninsula 20 or so years ago. Thank you for posting.
Kingfisher seen on stream just above the Gower Inn, Parkmill. Water levels were low so a bit of a surprise. Flushed from a pool at the stream emergence so assume deep enough to hold fish there.
On a short walk this morning in Crynant Forest, there was a Red Kite circling in a thermal, Bullfinch, Robins, Wood pigeons, Great spotted woodpecker, Blue and Great tits. Highlight for me was a Pied flycatcher in an area of deciduous scrub.
Med Gull at Bracelet at high tide this morning Green RU3V
Whiteford Field Trip. Twenty members turned out for a very successful field trip yesterday when we started at Cwm Ivy and walked down to Whiteford Bay, turning north to the point and returning on the inland side of the dunes. This route provided varied habitats and therefore different types of species. In all we recorded 57 varieties! Our logo depicts the Whiteford lighthouse and Oystercatchers and these were much in evidence. There were several highlights: the Peregrine putting up waders, the Great Egret which came into view just as we were discussing the best place to look for them and trip leader, Ed Hunter’s… Read more »
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I saw the AYEE male Mediterranean gull again today. I spotted it at Knab rock in Swansea bay.
Oxwich Marsh: 4 grasshopper warbler, garden warbler, 2 willow warbler, small numbers of reed warbler (c. 10) and sedge warbler (3), snipe. Several tree pipit and a few grey wagtail over.
Wryneck at Hill End campsite, Llangennith, Gower (per Rob Jones)
Nice male hen harrier overhead this morning Pennard Valley.. it headed off over Sandy Lane towards Fairwood
Today at Wernffrwd 1/2 an hour before high tide an Osprey was fishing for a good 25 minutes out from the mounds giving good scope views, scattering everything in the area which included 50 Pintail. Also a female Sparrowhawk and a kestrel seen here. At Port Eynon 31 Sanderling, 14 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 105 Ringed Plover – inc 1 small Tundra type, 1 Gannet and 72 Med Gulls inc a new white ringed adult 3FT3. At Scurlage over new cut stubble a Hobby was a nice surprise At Mewslade / Middleton 7 Chiffchaffs and a Sparrowhawk At Blackpill at low… Read more »
At Aberavon Beach, 4 Sandwich Tern (2 adult & 2 1stW), 4 Med Gull (inc. yellow “AY.LC”), 10 Oystercatcher and 2 1stW Wheatear on the rocks.
Caswell to Langland, early morning. Kingfisher at Snaple Point, Langland. Foraging in the pools and shallow water around low tide. Large party of stonechats (c.10) at bottom of steps to golf course. 1 Dartford warbler along the stretch. 21 Med gulls at Langland, with one on the golf course and several commuting west along the coast. Grey seal.