Steve

Am I being thick? I don't understand why Yellow wagtail is in the
list below and on the BOU website.

Hope you can shed some light...

All the best

Stephen Christopher
s.christopher@...

www.catalanbirdtours.com
Birding Holidays and Bird Tours in Spain


On 20 Jul 2007, at 11:10, Steve Dudley wrote:

> 20 July 2007
>
> A Press Release from the
>
> BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION RECORDS COMMITTEE
>
> The 35th Report of the BOU Records Committee
>
> The BOU Record Committee's (BOURC) 35th Report has recently been
> published
> in the BOU's journal Ibis (citation - British Ornithologists'
> Union. 2007.
> Ibis 149: 652-654). See http://newsbou.blogspot.com/.
>
> The 35th Report covers the period October 2006 to April 2007 and is
> the
> second report to follow publication of the most recent checklist: The
> British List: A Checklist of Birds of Britain (7th edition) that
> appeared in
> Ibis 148: 526-563. The 34th Report appeared in Ibis 149: 194-197.
>
> The report includes the following items -
>
> . Changes to the British List
>
> o Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
>
> o Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
>
> o Long-billed Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
>
> o Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata fucata )
>
> . Revised British List totals reflecting the above changes
>
> . Other species considered
>
> o Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
>
> . Category F Sub-committee (see note at http://newsbou.blogspot.com/)
>
> . Correction to British Sea Limits
>
> . English names of British birds (see note at http://
> newsbou.blogspot.com/)
>
> CITATION: British Ornithologists' Union. 2007. Ibis 149: 652-654.
>
> Further information and the full report can be viewed at
>
> http://newsbou.blogspot.com/
>
> END
>
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