234:) once a year. This is a check-list of the birds recorded in the area. Records are collated by the Society Recorder, who can be contacted through the Society, and are sought for: all rare and scarce species; any new records; all breeding records; bird counts: waders and wildfowl, wintering flocks, gull roosts, migrating birds, seabird numbers of common species; details of ringed birds; escapes and releases, with any notes that may be relevant to their origin, such as coloured leg rings, jesses, etc. and anything else of interest. Records should be submitted via Bird Track or Excel spreadsheet or on record cards, these are available from the Society & County Recorder. As a minimum, an appropriate level of description and/or photographs should be submitted on, or attached to, the record card or e-mail.
372:(WRP). The Society does not publish records of any species regarded as British rarities on the list of the BBRC unless the record has been considered and accepted by the BBRC. Records should be sent to the County Recorder as soon as possible after the sighting.
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The society also records the numbers and species of birds in the area for its annual report called Gower Birds. This report has been published annually since 1968.
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in the background. The society’s membership has always been quite small, at around 100 members, but it has always been a friendly and active society.
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494:26 December
459:14 February
379:Future work
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1172:Jo Mazelis
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767:Bishopston
673:Oxwich Bay
648:Pwlldu Bay
401:References
323:little auk
275:red grouse
187:newsletter
957:Southgate
902:Penclawdd
857:Middleton
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827:Llanddewi
817:Landimore
732:Headlands
678:Slade Bay
653:Hunts Bay
583:Cefn Bryn
259:spoonbill
165:Glamorgan
119:Members
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897:Parkmill
877:Oldwalls
852:Llethryd
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812:Knelston
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782:Cheriton
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698:Fall Bay
279:dotterel
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193:and the
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912:Penmaen
907:Pennard
882:Overton
777:Caswell
744:Mumbles
668:Tor Bay
607:Beaches
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128:Website
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