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MANCHESTER BIRDING GREATER MANCHESTER RARITIES COMMITTEE
ADDRESS FOR ALL RECORDS AND QUERIES FOR COUNTY OR NATIONAL RARITIES:
Ian McKerchar (Assistant County Recorder, Rarities). 42 Green Avenue, Astley, Greater Manchester. M29 7EH
Tel: 01942 701758 or 07958 687481
Email: ian@mckerchar1.freeserve.co.uk
THE COUNTY RARITY REPORT FORM CAN BE FOUND AND DOWNLOADED HERE.
Simply open the document and save it to your computer by clicking 'file' then 'save as', placing a title in to the 'file name', then click 'save'. The document is then saved to your computer and can be used over and over again if necessary, simply fill it in as thoroughly as possible (see the 'guidelines for submissions' below for assistance if necessary) and email the completed form to me as an attachment at ian@mckerchar1.freeserve.co.uk. Alternatively, upon request, I can send a rarity report form to you by email (as an attachment) or send a paper rarity form to your home address, in both instances please contact me here or by telephone on 01942 701758, mobile: 07958 687481.
Guidelines for the submission of county or national rarities
CURRENT RARITIES COMMITTEE MEMBERS (with effect from January 2007)
Rob Adderley Adam Davidson Andy Isherwood Pete Hines Ian Mckerchar (Assistant County Recorder, Rarities)
Gulls Sub-committee members:
Robert Adderley Ian Mckerchar Roy Travis
COUNTY RARITY LIST
The following species and sub-species are county rarities and require a description to be provided to the County Rarities Committee.
Bewick’s Swan (in flight); Bean Goose; Brent Goose; American Wigeon; Green-winged Teal; Ring-necked Duck; Ferruginous Duck; Long-tailed Duck (female/immature plumages); Velvet Scoter; Smew (female/immature plumages); Quail (non-calling birds); all Divers; Red-necked Grebe (other than breeding plumage); Slavonian Grebe; Fulmar; Manx Shearwater (other than rescued birds); Storm Petrel; Leach's Petrel; Gannet; Shag; Night Heron (other than escapes); Little Egret (in flight); Great White Egret; Purple Heron; Spoonbill (in flight); Honey Buzzard; Black Kite; Red Kite; Montagu's Harrier; Goshawk; Rough-legged Buzzard; Red-footed Falcon; Spotted Crake; Corncrake; Common Crane (in flight); Kentish Plover; Dotterel; Temminck's Stint; White-rumped Sandpiper; Pectoral Sandpiper; Purple Sandpiper; Red-necked Phalarope; Grey Phalarope; all Skuas; Sabine's Gull; Ring-billed Gull; Roseate Tern; White-winged Black Tern; Black Guillemot; Nightjar; Alpine Swift; Bee-eater (in flight); Hoopoe; Wryneck; Woodlark; Shore Lark; Red-rumped Swallow; Richard's Pipit; Tawny Pipit; Nightingale; Bluethroat; Aquatic Warbler; Marsh Warbler; Yellow-browed Warbler; Red-breasted Flycatcher; Bearded Tit; Marsh Tit; Golden Oriole; all Shrike species; Chough; Hooded Crow; Serin; Common/Mealy Redpoll (except in influx years); Arctic Redpoll; Common Rosefinch; Hawfinch; Lapland Bunting; Cirl Bunting; Ortolan Bunting; Little Bunting.
SUBSPECIES:
White-fronted Goose- "Greenland" A.a.flavirostris -
away from Rochdale MBC In addition the following species, not yet recorded in Greater Manchester, but not national rarities, would also require a description to be provided to the County Rarities Committee.
Cory's Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Mediterranean Shearwater, Wilson's Petrel, Black Grouse, American Golden Plover, White-rumped Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Red-throated Pipit, Barred Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Radde's Warbler, Pallas's Warbler, Rose-coloured Starling, Rustic Bunting.
If observers are in any doubt as to what constitutes a county
or national rarity they should not hesitate to contact the Assistant County
Recorder (Rarities) here
or tel. 01942 701758 / 07958 687481.
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