TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19687 SUBJECT: GRB 160712A: Initial Swift/UVOT observations DATE: 16/07/12 21:41:50 GMT FROM: Lea Hagen at PSU L. M. Z. Hagen (PSU) reports on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team: UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter starting 3998 seconds after the BAT trigger (Hagen et al., GCN Circ. 19684). No credible afterglow candidate has been found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers 100% of the XRT error circle (Kennea et al., GCN Circ. 19686). The typical 3-sigma upper limit has been about 19.6 mag. The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the XRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.08.