MANCHESTER BIRDING COUNTY RARITIES

Desert Wheatear, Irlam Moss, 2007 (photo by Ian McKerchar)- a top drawer rarity for the county

CONTACT DETAILS FOR ALL RECORDS AND QUERIES OF COUNTY OR NATIONAL RARITIES:

Ian McKerchar

42 Green Avenue,

Astley,

Greater Manchester

M29 7EH

Telephone: 01942 701758 or 07958 678481

Email: ianmckerchar1@gmail.com

TO SUBMIT A COUNTY OR NATIONAL RARITY

Please use the rarity report form below, if this is not possible for any reason then please contact me for alternative arrangements.

To open the document simply click the rarity report form link below and save it to your computer by clicking 'file' then 'save as' and finally click 'save'. The document is then saved to your computer (usually in your documents) and can be used over and over again if necessary, simply fill it in as thoroughly as possible (see the 'guidelines for submissions' on the  previous page for assistance if necessary) and email the completed form to me as an attachment.

RARITY REPORT FORM

CURRENT RARITIES COMMITTEE MEMBERS

(with effect from January 2007)

Rob Adderley

Adam Davison

Andy Isherwood

Pete Hines

Ian McKerchar

Gulls Sub-committee members:

Rob Adderley

Ian McKerchar

Roy Travis

COUNTY RARITY LIST

The following (non BBRC) species and sub-species are county rarities and require a description to be provided to the County Rarities Committee (as of 20.02.10).

Bewick’s Swan; Bean Goose; Brent Goose; White-fronted Goose; American Wigeon; Green-winged Teal; Ring-necked Duck; Ferruginous Duck; Long-tailed Duck; Eider; Velvet Scoter; Surf Scoter; Smew; Black Grouse; Quail (non-calling birds); all Divers; Red-necked Grebe; Slavonian Grebe; Fulmar; all shearwater species; Wilson's Petrel; Storm Petrel; Leach's Petrel; Gannet; Shag; Night Heron; Cattle Egret; Little Egret; Great White Egret; Purple Heron; Spoonbill; Honey Buzzard; Black Kite; Red Kite; Montagu's Harrier; Goshawk; Rough-legged Buzzard; Red-footed Falcon; Spotted Crake; Corncrake; Common Crane; Stone Curlew; Kentish Plover; Dotterel; American Golden Plover; Little Stint; Temminck's Stint; Curlew Sandpiper; White-rumped Sandpiper; Pectoral Sandpiper; Purple Sandpiper; Buff-breasted Sandpiper; Red-necked Phalarope; Grey Phalarope; all skua species; Sabine's Gull; Ring-billed Gull; Caspian Gull; Yellow-legged Gull; Roseate Tern; White-winged Black Tern; all auk species; Turtle Dove; Nightjar; Alpine Swift; Bee-eater; Hoopoe; Wryneck; Woodlark; Shore Lark; Red-rumped Swallow; Richard's Pipit; Tawny Pipit; Water Pipit; Red-throated Pipit; Nightingale; Bluethroat; Barred Warbler; Cetti's Warbler; Aquatic Warbler; Marsh Warbler; Dartford Warbler; Subalpine Warbler; Icterine Warbler; Melodious Warbler; Greenish Warbler; Yellow-browed Warbler; Pallas's Warbler; Radde's Warbler; Dusky Warbler; Red-breasted Flycatcher; Bearded Tit; Marsh Tit; Golden Oriole; all shrike species; Chough; Hooded Crow; Rose-coloured Starling; Serin; Parrot Crossbill; Common (Mealy) Redpoll (except in influx years designated by the Assistant County Recorder for rarities); Arctic Redpoll; Common Rosefinch; Hawfinch; Lapland Bunting; Cirl Bunting; Ortolan Bunting; Rustic Bunting; Little Bunting.

SUBSPECIES:

Iceland Gull- "Kumlien's Gull" L.g. kumlieni
Yellow Wagtail- all races other than flavissima and any purported hybrids.

Stonechat- eastern races maura/stejneri
Chiffchaff - all races other than P. collybita
 

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).

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