The proceedings of the BOU's 2007 annual conference, Birds as
predators and as prey, are now available as a free to view supplement
of the BOU's journal, Ibis.

These proceedings, and others, can be accessed via the BOU's new
online proceedings website at www.bouproc.net.

Other free to view online titles include -

Wind, fire and water: renewable energy and birds
Lowland Farmland Birds II: the road to recovery
Climate change and coastal birds
Introduced and naturalised birds
Birds and recreational disturbance
Woodland birds: their ecology and management

All available via www.bouproc.net.

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Hello all,

WED 6/8/8

Warm but mainly dull and breezy.

1 female/immature Mandarin, 2 Redstart, 1 Great Crested Grebe (very
unusual), 52 Sand Martin, 1 Raven, 2 Red-Legged Partridge. Plus 22
Linnet.

Nash End: not a lot.

SUN 10 AUG 08

Coolish, grey, very breezy.

1 female/immature Mandarin, 2 Redstart, 13 Sand Martin.

Nash End: not a lot.

The immature Great Crested Grebe just north of the Arley footbridge
was my 1st ever record on the Worcs SO78 Severn.

As usual at this time of year, the Redstarts were along the Borle
Brook area of the Severn.

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

Great Blue Heron admitted to Category A of the British List.

Full details can be found at http://newsbou.blogspot.com/.

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1858 ~ 150 years supporting ornithology ~ 2008
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See www.bou.org.uk for forthcoming BOU conferences and meetings
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Hello all,

Extremely quiet.

FRI 4/7/8

1 Lesser Whitethroat, 59 Sand Martin, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, just 2
Swallow, again no Willow Warbler found.

Also, 1 Broad-Bodied Chaser – very unusual along the SO78 Severn.

SUN 6/7/8

Cool, grey, breezy after prolonged heavy rain.

2 Kestrel, 10 Sand Martin, just 2 Swallow, no Willow Warbler.

Nash End: not much.

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

John Clarke, Worcestershire's Spotted Flycatcher expert, will be on Shared
Earth on Radio 4 at 3pm on Friday, 4 July 2008:

    <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/sharedearth.shtml>

You will also be able to hear the programme on-line, live, and
subsequently, via the above URL.

More about John Clarke's work is on the West Midland Bird Club website, at

    <http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/bibliography/birds/BreedonHill.htm>

--
Andy Mabbett ** via webmail **
Webmaster & Trustee
West Midland Bird Club
http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/

From: Geoff Holmes on "Shropshirebirds" <shropshirebirds@yahoogroups.com>

>I have just received an interesting report of a grounded gannet found
>yesterday on the Shropshire side of the Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest.

>It was taken into care so lets hope it makes a full recovery and is safely
>released at the coast.

--
Andy Mabbett ** via webmail **
Webmaster & Trustee
West Midland Bird Club
http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hooded Merganser admitted to Category A of the British List.

Full details can be found at http://newsbou.blogspot.com/

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Hello all,

WED 4/6/8

Warm, mainly sunny.

SO78K BTO TTV – Severn north of Upper Arley, etc, incl Shrops: pair
of Mandarin with 3 young, 2 very late Goosander, 1 Coot (very
unusual), 3 Kingfisher, 1 Red-Legged Partridge, 2 Swift, 17 Sand
Martin, 8 Grey Wagtail, oddly no Willow Warbler.

SO78Q BTO TTV – Upper Arley, Nash End, etc: 1 adult & 3 juvenile
Lapwing, 1 Raven, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Heron, 1 Red-Legged Partridge.

Three successive years of Mandarin breeding records in SO78! A pair
and 3 young about 2 weeks old were along the Severn (in Shrops &
Worcs – not difficult as the county boundary runs down the middle of
the river) just south of Borle Brook. My guess is that they bred at
Borle Brook itself (Shrops CC) this year. The increasing
predictability of "late" Goosander along the SO78 Severn is also
beginning to make me wonder …!

SUN 8/6/8

Warm, sunny.

1 migrant male Reed Warbler (unusual), 1 Raven, 1 Garden Warbler, 2
Heron, 15 Sand Martin, 1 Coot on the river, 3 Swift, 3 Red-Legged
Partridge, 8 Grey Wagtail.

Nash End: 1 male Lesser Whitethroat, 1 adult Lapwing, 1 Kestrel, 1
Red-Legged Partridge.

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

Each year the BOU awards a series of small grants (up to £1000) to
support ornithological research projects around the world. These
projects range from pure scientific studies to conservation science
studies.

For details of this years award recipients, information on our grant
scheme and how to apply for a grant, please visit the BOU news site
at http://newsbou.blogspot.com/.

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Hello all,

THU 1 MAY 08

Very mild, sunny intervals, breezy.

SO78K BTO TTV - Severn north of U Arley incl Shrops: 1 male Redstart,
1 female Mandarin, 1 late Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 House
Martin, 2 Raven, 27 Sand Martin, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Swallow, 2
Kestrel, 3 Red-Legged Partridge, 1 Skylark, just 1 Willow Warbler.

SO78Q BTO TTV – Upper Arley, Nash End etc, all Worcs: another Common
Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Swift, 1 Raven, 8 Lapwing
(breeding site), 3 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 1 Heron, 4 Kestrel, 3 Red-
Legged Partridge, 4 Canada Goose, no Willow Warbler.

FRI 2 MAY 08

Very mild, dull. Quick pm walk-through.

1 male Redstart, 1 female Mandarin, 8 Sand Martin, 2 Kestrel, 1
Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 4 Red-Legged Partridge, 2 Swallow, 3 Canada
Goose.

Pound Green, edge of Wyre Forset: 1 male Tree Pipit, 1 Kestrel, 1
Garden Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Swallow, 1 Red-Legged Partridge.

MON 5 MAY 08

Warmish, dull.

1 male Redstart, 1 male Mandarin, 5 late Goosander, 20 Sand Martin, 1
Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 1 Swift, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Red-Legged
Partridge, 7 Swallow.

Nash End: the male Golden Pheasant, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Lapwing
(breeding site).

It's getting tempting to describe Kestrel as being "abundant" in this
area – a welcome change from a few years ago.

Normally only found post-breeding, it was my first ever spring
Redstart record (earliest previously was 6 June) in the area. If
anything, this only adds to the mystery about their precise breeding
site.

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

Hello all,

FRI 28 MAR 08

Heavy showers, breezy, grey, rather cold.

1 Mandarin, 2 goosander, 3 Raven, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Cormorant, 3 Red-
Legged Partridge, 3 Canada Goose.

Nash End: I gave it up for dead two years ago but presumably the same
male Golden Pheasant was again strutting and shrieking in its
favourite orchard. I've only ever found it during March to May: where
does it go to the rest of the year - Africa?! I first saw it in May
2002 – is it immortal?! Also, 6 Lapwing on their breeding site and 1
Skylark; plus 120 Fieldfare and 15 late Redwing flitting to and fro
across the county border.

SUN 30 MAR 08

Very mild, sunny, coldish breeze.

5 Sand Martin, just 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Raven, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 3
Cormorant, 2 Canada Goose.

Nash End: 8 Lapwing (breeding site).

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

Hello all,

THU 28 FEB 08

Fairly mild, sunny intervals.

Pair of Mandarin, 7 Goosander, 1 riverine Little Grebe, 1 daytime
Tawny Owl heard, 3 Raven, 20 Lapwing in flight, 1 Kingfisher, 1
Heron, 1 Red-Legged Partridge, 3 Cormorant.

Nash End: 1 Little Owl (silent but seen!), 6 Lapwing (occasional
breeding site), 1 Siskin, 14 Redwing.

After two consecutive summers of proven local breeding (although more
probably in Shrops than Worcs), I wonder if Mandarins will be put off
breeding this year north of Upper Arley by the extensive engineering
works at the outfall of Borle Brook (Shrops CC, possibly Worcs VC).
This major brook is easily – at the very least – their favourite
escape route and sanctuary when flushed on the Severn; and is also
always my "first guess" as to their precise local breeding site.

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

Hello all,

SAT 26 JAN 08

Mild, mainly sunny, rather windy, floods gone.

SO78K BTO TTV survey incl Shrops: 3 Mandarin (only 1 of which
unequivocally visiting Worcs), 2 Siskin, 3 Raven, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1
Kingfisher, 51 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 12 Red-Legged Partridge.

SO78Q BTO TTV survey, Upper Arley and Nash End: 2 Goosander, 3 Raven
(probably different birds from the above), 2 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2
Redwing, 1 Red-Legged Partridge.

Quite a drop in winter thrush numbers and the Siskin influx seems to be
largely over.

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

The 36th Report of the BOU Records Committee has been published in the
BOU's journal Ibis.

Further details can be found at http://newsbou.blogspot.com/.

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This may be of interest:

         The Living World

         31 December 2007

         Fieldfares

         Lionel Kelleway joins two bird-ringers in an orchard in
         Worcestershire as they wait for noisy flocks of Scandinavian
         fieldfares to arrive; and unexpectedly witness a larger avian
         visitor dropping in.

         Duration: 22mins

         File Size: 11MB

         Background: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/livingworld.shtml>

         Download (link may expire shortly):

  
<http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/nathistory/nathistory_20071231-1500.\
mp3>

--
Andy Mabbett
Webmaster & Trustee
West Midland Bird Club: ornithology in Staffs, Warwks, Worcs & the West
Midlands county, since 1929 - http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/

Hello all,

SAT 22 DEC 07

Rather cold, foggy.

9 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Siskin, 3 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Heron, 1
daytime Tawny Owl, 3 Cormorant, 10 Red-Legged Partridge, 9 Canada
Goose (unusual), no winter thrushes.

WED 26 DEC 07

Fairly mild, weak sun.

3 Mandarin, 2 Siskin, 3 Kestrel including 2 males fighting on the
ground, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Heron, 1 Cormorant, 4 Redwing, no Fieldfare,
5 Canada Goose.

Nash End: not much.

SUN 30 DEC 07

Very quiet. Fairly mild, minor floods.

1 Redpoll, 3 Siskin, 2 Cormorant, 69 Redwing, no Fieldfare, 1 Red-
Legged Partridge, 10 Canada Goose.

Nash End: 1 Kestrel, 1 Heron.

A Woodcock (26th) and 4 Mandarin (30th) along the lowest stretch of
Borle Brook were Shrops CC but possibly Worcs VC.

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

Sunday's trip to Slimbridge, organised by our Kidderminster Branch, is
cancelled.

--
Andy Mabbett
Webmaster & Trustee
West Midland Bird Club: ornithology in Staffs, Warwks, Worcs & the West
Midlands county, since 1929 - http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/

Hello all,

SUN 25 NOV 07

Quiet. Rather mild, grey.

SO78K BTO TTV survey – Severn north of Upper Arley, etc incl Shrops – 2
riverine Little Grebe, 4 Siskin, 16 Cormorant in flight, 1 Kingfisher,
2 Raven, 1 Kestrel, 1 Heron, 6 Red-Legged Partridge, 20 Fieldfare, 39
Redwing.

SO78Q BTO TTV survey – Upper Arley, Nash End, etc – 3 Siskin, 1 Raven,
2 Kestrel, 7 Red-Legged Partridge, 11 Fieldfare, 54 Redwng.

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

Dear all (apologies for cross-posting)

This is just a quick note to inform birders about the (fairly) new bird listing
website, BUBO Listing (www.bubo.org/listing). This site has been set up to
enable the storage, sharing and comparison of bird lists of a wide range of
types (including county lists). Birders can use the website to enter their own
lists (not just a total, but the full species composition of the list). They can
then use the site to compare their list with those of other birders and can view
the lists of anyone else using BUBO Listing.

The site is entirely FREE to use. Just go to www.bubo.org/listing and click on
Register on the left-hand side to get (within a minute or so) a username and
password (which users need to ensure that only they can edit their own lists).
You can then view any lists already on the system or add your own lists. You can
also look at a directory of other BUBO Listers, or check out the latest list
updates that have been entered onto the system.

Lists are defined based on a number of factors:

Region:    currently GB, UK, England/Scotland/Wales/NI, British counties,
Ireland and Western Palearctic. [World listing will be coming shortly!]
Period:    currently Life or a given Year.
All/Self:    whether you include self-found birds only, or all species recorded
Authority:    who has determined which species are available for the given list;
e.g. BOU, UK400 club, etc. Different authorities consider different species as
'countable' (e.g. some split White Wagtails from Pied Wagtails, etc)

Lists are entirely transparent; anything you enter will be visible to anyone
else using BUBO Listing (with the exception of records flagged as 'sensitive',
for the purpose of guarding information on rare breeding birds).

At the time of writing, 293 birders have added a total of 700 lists to the site.
Currently, the most popular list types include:

BOU British Life - 213 lists
BOU British 2007 Year - 98 lists
UK400 British Life - 56 lists
AERC Western Palearctic - 37 lists
BOU Norfolk Life - 18 lists

We are constantly updating and improving the site. For example, we have just
developed a "targets" facility whereby you can see which are the 'easiest'
missing species from any given list. Moreover, we're always on the lookout for
feedback and new ideas.

Of course, keeping lists is not to everyone's tastes. Moreover, BUBO Listing is
not a scientific bird survey tool (for this, see the excellent BirdTrack at
www.bto.org/birdtrack). However, if you do enjoy listing as a fun part of your
birding, then check out BUBO Listing!

Best wishes

Andy Musgrove and Mike Prince
listing@...

Check out BUBO Listing at www.bubo.org/listing


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LESVOSBIRDING.COM

Announcing a new website dedicated to birding on Lesvos –
www.lesvosbirding.com.

I've developed a blog-based website for anyone interesting in birding
on the Greek island of Lesvos.

The site contains –
- species lists (birds, dragonflies, etc)
- an extensive trip report section
- a site guide
- more basic tourist info on the island - where to stay, where to
eat, etc
- links to many other more general Lesvos websites etc

The site is in its early stages and I would welcome feedback.

If you have a trip report on the web and it is not listed and linked
to from my site, then please send me the URL and I will add it.

If the site proves successful I might consider opening it up for
others to contribute to, especially for posting news direct to the
site when birding on the island. Lets see!

Cheers

Steve Dudley
www.lesvosbirding.com
www.toadsnatcher.com

Hello all,

FRI 26 OCT 07

Fairly mild, dull, breezy

1 Little Owl, 58 Siskin, 1 adult male Goosander, 259 Fieldfare, 61
Redwing, 1 Raven, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Red-Legged Partridge.

This area was good for Little Owl until a few years ago – but this
was my first record here for quite some time. A decently sized Siskin
flock for the first time in recent winters.

SUN 28 OCT 07

Wet, windy & thoroughly miserable.

1 Siskin, 1 Raven, 4 Fieldfare, 13 Redwing, 1 Red-Legged Partridge.

Nash End: 43 Fieldfare, 31 Redwing, 5 Red-Legged Partridge.

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

An announcement by the

BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION RECORDS COMMITTEE
and
BRITISH BIRDS RARITIES COMMITTEEE


Olive-tree Warbler (Hippolais olivetorum)

First-winter, Boddam, Shetland
16 August 2006

Admitted to Category A of the British List


Further details can be found at http://newsbou.blogspot.com/


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Tel & Fax +44 (0) 1 733 844 820
Email bou.admin@...
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Word is circulating that the BOU has split Caspian and American
Herring Gull from Herring Gull. This follows publication of the
BOURC's Taxonomic Sub-committee's report `Taxonomic recommendations
for British birds: Fourth report' which can be viewed at
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-
919X.2007.00758.x.

This report makes formal recommendations in respect of the British
List. These recommendations to not take effect until formally adopted
and published by BOURC.

BOURC will publish those items to be adopted from these
recommendations in its next report (no. 36) due in January 2008.

Changes to the British List will continue to be formally announced by
the BOU on birding egroups, etc, as and when these changes are agreed
and/or become effective.

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for any loss or damage arising in any way from it's use.

Hello all,

Quiet!

SUN 30 SEP 07

Mild, dull weather.

1 early Siskin, 2 Chiffchaff, 31 House Martin, 1 Raven, 1 Kestrel, 1
Kingfisher, 7 Red-Legged Partridge. Plus 7 Green Woodpecker and 5
Skylark.

Nash End: 1 midday Tawny Owl, 10 Red-Legged Partridge.

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

From Butterfly Conservation's West Midlands region mailing list:

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Butterflyconservationwestmidlands/>

>A new booklet to encourage recording of butterflies and moths on the
>Malverns has just been published by Butterfly Conservation in
>conjunction with the Malvern Hills Conservators.
>Entitled "Butterflies and Day flying moths of the Malvern Hills" it is
>intended as an ID guide to those species of butterflies and moths
>likely to be encountered on walks in and around the hills.  It is
>available free of charge from the Malvern Hills Conservators main
>office at Manor House, Grange Road, Great Malvern during normal office
>hours or by post from Butterfly Conservation West Midlands Region, The
>Croft, off Haygate Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 2BW.  If requesting
>the booklet by post please enclose a C5 size SAE and stamps to the
>value of 24p (2nd class postage) or 34p (first class).


--
Andy Mabbett
Webmaster & Trustee
West Midland Bird Club: ornithology in Staffs, Warwks, Worcs & the West
Midlands county, since 1929 - http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/

Hello all,

SUN 19 AUG 07

Cool, showers, breezy.

3 Redstart, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 very early Goosander (redhead), 2
Raven, 1 Kestrel, 2 Kingfisher, 31 Sand Martin, 125 House Martin, 2
Red-Legged Partridge, just 1 Blackcap and no Willow Warbler found,
about 20 Chiffchaff.

Nash End: not much.

THU 23 AUG 07

Warm, sunny, windy.

2 Tree Pipit, 2 Redstart, 11 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lesser
Whitethroat, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Raven, 1 Kestrel, 1 Heron, 1 Tufted
Duck (unusual).

It was a bit like the "good old days" re autumn Spotted Flycatcher at
the Severn (with several also just north into Shrops).

Something like 14 consecutive years of autumn Redstart in the Borle
Brook area of the Severn.

It was only the second ever year that I've found autumn Tree Pipit
locally. They seem to be quiet and elusive at this time of year – so
they probably occur more often, especially given the strong breeding
population in the Wyre at nearby Buttonoak (Shrops).

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London.

I have just posted, to the Club's website, a report of our nestbox
project at Bodenham Arboretum:

      <http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/kidderminster/bodenham2007.htm>

--
Andy Mabbett
Webmaster & Trustee
West Midland Bird Club: ornithology in Staffs, Warwks, Worcs & the West
Midlands county, since 1929 - http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/

An announcement by the

BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION RECORDS COMMITTEE
and
BRITISH BIRDS RARITIES COMMITTEE

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Adult male, near Whitchurch, Shropshire
7 November 2005

Admitted to Category A of the British List

Further details can be found at http://newsbou.blogspot.com/


BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford,
South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS
Tel & Fax +44 (0) 1 865 281 842
Email bou.admin @ bou.org.uk (remove spaces)
www.bou.org.uk  |  www.ibis.ac.uk

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
>
> British Ornithologists' Union
>
> Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road,
> Oxford OX1
> 3PS
>
> Tel & Fax +44 (0) 1 865 281 842
>
> Email bou.admin @ bou.org.uk (remove spaces)
>
> www.bou.org.uk | www.ibis.ac.uk
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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.



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