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10 May Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern [Dermot McCabe ]
10 May Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern [Phil Davis ]
10 May Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern [Phil Davis ]
10 May Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern [Hugh Delaney ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern [Bill McGrath ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern [Owen Foley ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern [Dr Graham Saunders ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern [Eamonn ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern ["Fitzpatrick, Dara" ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern [Eamonn ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern [Owen Foley ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern [Eamonn ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern [Eamonn ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern [Eamonn ]
9 May Re: Recent Little Bittern [Owen Foley ]
9 May Recent Little Bittern [Lee Evans ]
9 May Re: Great tits cope well with warming [Billy Quinn ]
9 May Great tits cope well with warming [Andrew Kelly ]
7 May 338 New Total [Lee Evans ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Lee Evans ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Eamonn ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? ["jhobbs AT iol.ie" ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Eamonn ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Lee Evans ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Dr Graham Saunders ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Dr Graham Saunders ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Michael ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Eamonn ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Lee Evans ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Eamonn ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Lee Evans ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Dr Graham Saunders ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Hugh Delaney ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Dr Graham Saunders ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Evan Salholm ]
7 May Little Terns - Volunteers Needed! [Breffni Martin ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? ["jhobbs AT iol.ie" ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Dr Graham Saunders ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Eamonn ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Dr Graham Saunders ]
7 May Re: Differences ??? [Lee Evans ]
6 May waterways of ireland [Breffni Martin ]
4 May irishbirding.com [Breffni Martin ]
2 May Re: Mail address ["jhobbs AT iol.ie" ]
2 May Re: Mail address ["Fitzharris, Jim" ]
2 May Mail address ["jhobbs AT iol.ie" ]
2 May Re: For Eugene Archer - Zeiss Jena 8x30 [Dr Graham Saunders ]
1 May Re: Caspian Plover [Eamonn ]
1 May Caspian Plover [Joseph Doolan ]
30 Apr Re: East Cork Bird Race [Phil Davis ]
30 Apr Re: East Cork Bird Race ["jhobbs AT iol.ie" ]
30 Apr Differences ??? [Eamonn ]

Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Dermot McCabe <dermot.mccabe AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 18:33:44 +0100
Well, Owen, I see the Guardian Angel is ever vigilant. There's another
species for the list after the GAA., and it does not require a rarity
description.
See you on the outing on Saturday?
Dermot.
2008/5/10 Phil Davis :
> Sorry lads meant to say...get a life and a sense of humour!
>
> Phil.
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Hugh Delaney
> Date: 10/05/2008 03:24:37
> To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
> Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
>
> Seconded, come back when you have something interesting to say,
> about anything
>
>
> HD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Bill McGrath" 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:31 PM
> Subject: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
>
>
>> Not funny. Please get off this forum.
>>
>>
>>>Homo Corkonianus, Homo Kerryensis, Homo wicklonii and
>> other species >of GAA loving primative proto humans....
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Phil Davis <phildavis AT IOL.IE>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 07:19:46 +0100
Sorry lads meant to say...get a life and a sense of humour!

Phil. 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Hugh Delaney
Date: 10/05/2008 03:24:37
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
 
Seconded, come back when you have something interesting to say,
about anything
 
 
HD
 
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill McGrath" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:31 PM
Subject: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
 
 
> Not funny. Please get off this forum.
>
>
>>Homo Corkonianus, Homo Kerryensis, Homo wicklonii and
> other species >of GAA loving primative proto humans....
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Phil Davis <phildavis AT IOL.IE>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 07:18:01 +0100
My My are'nt we touchy......get a life lads!

Phil. 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Hugh Delaney
Date: 05/10/08 03:24:37
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
 
Seconded, come back when you have something interesting to say,
about anything
 
 
HD
 
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill McGrath" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:31 PM
Subject: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
 
 
> Not funny. Please get off this forum.
>
>
>>Homo Corkonianus, Homo Kerryensis, Homo wicklonii and
> other species >of GAA loving primative proto humans....
>
>
>
>
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> know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  Try it now.
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>
>
 
Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Hugh Delaney <hughdelaney AT EIRCOM.NET>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 03:22:15 +0100
Seconded, come back when you have something interesting to say,
about anything


HD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill McGrath" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:31 PM
Subject: Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern


> Not funny. Please get off this forum.
>
>
>>Homo Corkonianus, Homo Kerryensis, Homo wicklonii and
> other species >of GAA loving primative proto humans....
>
>
> 
> 
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>
> 
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Bill McGrath <birds_bill AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 10:31:10 -0700
Not funny. Please get off this forum.


>Homo Corkonianus, Homo Kerryensis, Homo wicklonii and
other species >of GAA loving primative proto humans....


 
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Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Owen Foley <pariah.owen AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:43:13 +0100
Homo Corkonianus, Homo Kerryensis, Homo wicklonii and other species of
GAA loving primative proto humans....

On 5/9/08, Dr Graham Saunders  wrote:
> Nor indeed that they had to be bird species:
> Fallow Deer, Badger, Rabbit, Hare, Stoat, Slug, Mosquito, Sheep, Ant ...
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Fitzpatrick, Dara
>  To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie
>  Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:32 PM
>  Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
>
>
>  Bob you didn't say they had to be wild so get counting Dennis. BUDGIE
>  (401), Zebra Finch (402), Egyptian Goose (403), Scarlet Macaw
>  (404)......
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
>  Eamonn
>  Sent: 09 May 2008 16:11
>  To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
>  Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
>
>  Swarovski bins, Kowa scope and Hamlyn Guide to Irish Garden Birds will
>  be given to the first Irish birder that sees 500 species in Ireland. God
>  knows I won't need them (apart from when I go to Gambia so please don't
>  do it before November).
>
>  What was his 400?
>
>  BBB
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
>  Owen Foley
>  Sent: 09 May 2008 16:02
>  To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
>  Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
>
>  Eamonn,
>
>  Can you not give them yourself when you see him?..oh...wait...I see
>  the flaw in that plan....you would have to go birding first!!
>
>  Owen
>
>  On 5/9/08, Eamonn  wrote:
>  > Owen, please pass on my congratulations to Dennis. Sorry I wasn't
>  there
>  > to witness the monumental moment (whenever it was??).
>  >
>  > Hard luck Jimmy. I hope you have better luck reaching 500 first.
>  >
>  > BBB
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf
>  Of
>  > Owen Foley
>  > Sent: 09 May 2008 15:12
>  > To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
>  > Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
>  >
>  > Lee,
>  >
>  > Dennis o Sullivan did not require this species as an irish tick. He
>  > has found several in this country.
>  > It was the 400th tick for Jim Dowdall I believe, with dennis having
>  > achieved this total some time ago. The bird was present on one evening
>  > only on the 26th of April at brownstown head, co. Waterford. Seen by
>  > 10 Observers or so.
>  > Shots are online on a number of websites.
>  >
>  > Owen
>  >
>  > On 5/9/08, Lee Evans  wrote:
>  > > Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little
>  > Bittern in
>  > > Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish
>  > Listers and
>  > > by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain
>  leading
>  > Denis
>  > > O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark
>  by
>  > UK400 Club
>  > > rulings).
>  > >
>  > > I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full
>  > > dates/number of observers if known
>  > >
>  > > Many thanks
>  > >
>  > > Lee G R Evans
>  > > British Birding Association
>  > > UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
>  > Conservationist
>  > > Discussion Forum/Email Group:
>  > _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
>  > > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
>  > > Rare Bird Alert:
>  > >
>  >
>  _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
>  > ubBBA/_
>  > >
>  >
>  (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
>  > ubBBA/)
>  > > Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
>  > > Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
>  > > (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)
>  > >
>  > > Chaffinch House
>  > > 8 Sandycroft Road
>  > > Little Chalfont
>  > > Amersham
>  > > Buckinghamshire
>  > > England
>  > > HP6 6QL
>  > > Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
>  > > Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
>  > > (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
>  > occurrences in
>  > > Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in
>  North
>  > > America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds
>  > Magazine and other
>  > > related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  > In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of
>  > people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
>  > - Douglas Adams
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- Douglas Adams
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Dr Graham Saunders <g.saunders AT QUB.AC.UK>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:37:50 +0100
Nor indeed that they had to be bird species:
Fallow Deer, Badger, Rabbit, Hare, Stoat, Slug, Mosquito, Sheep, Ant ...
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fitzpatrick, Dara 
  To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie 
  Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:32 PM
  Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern


  Bob you didn't say they had to be wild so get counting Dennis. BUDGIE
  (401), Zebra Finch (402), Egyptian Goose (403), Scarlet Macaw
  (404)......

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
  Eamonn
  Sent: 09 May 2008 16:11
  To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
  Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

  Swarovski bins, Kowa scope and Hamlyn Guide to Irish Garden Birds will
  be given to the first Irish birder that sees 500 species in Ireland. God
  knows I won't need them (apart from when I go to Gambia so please don't
  do it before November).

  What was his 400?

  BBB

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
  Owen Foley
  Sent: 09 May 2008 16:02
  To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
  Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

  Eamonn,

  Can you not give them yourself when you see him?..oh...wait...I see
  the flaw in that plan....you would have to go birding first!!

  Owen

  On 5/9/08, Eamonn  wrote:
  > Owen, please pass on my congratulations to Dennis. Sorry I wasn't
  there
  > to witness the monumental moment (whenever it was??).
  >
  > Hard luck Jimmy. I hope you have better luck reaching 500 first.
  >
  > BBB
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf
  Of
  > Owen Foley
  > Sent: 09 May 2008 15:12
  > To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
  > Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
  >
  > Lee,
  >
  > Dennis o Sullivan did not require this species as an irish tick. He
  > has found several in this country.
  > It was the 400th tick for Jim Dowdall I believe, with dennis having
  > achieved this total some time ago. The bird was present on one evening
  > only on the 26th of April at brownstown head, co. Waterford. Seen by
  > 10 Observers or so.
  > Shots are online on a number of websites.
  >
  > Owen
  >
  > On 5/9/08, Lee Evans  wrote:
  > > Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little
  > Bittern in
  > > Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish
  > Listers and
  > > by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain
  leading
  > Denis
  > > O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark
  by
  > UK400 Club
  > > rulings).
  > >
  > > I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full
  > > dates/number of observers if known
  > >
  > > Many thanks
  > >
  > > Lee G R Evans
  > > British Birding Association
  > > UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
  > Conservationist
  > > Discussion Forum/Email Group:
  > _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
  > > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
  > > Rare Bird Alert:
  > >
  >
  _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
  > ubBBA/_
  > >
  >
  (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
  > ubBBA/)
  > > Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
  > > Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
  > > (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)
  > >
  > > Chaffinch House
  > > 8 Sandycroft Road
  > > Little Chalfont
  > > Amersham
  > > Buckinghamshire
  > > England
  > > HP6 6QL
  > > Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
  > > Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
  > > (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
  > occurrences in
  > > Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in
  North
  > > America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds
  > Magazine and other
  > > related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  >
  >
  > --
  > In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of
  > people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
  > - Douglas Adams
  >
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Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Eamonn <eamonn AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:37:22 +0100
Booted Eagle (405), Red-breasted Goose (406), Bar-headed Goose (407),
Ring-necked Parakeet (408), Black Swan, (409), Great Horned Owl (410),
Semi-palmated Plover (411), Phoenix (412)....................

Have a nice weekend.

BBB

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Fitzpatrick, Dara
Sent: 09 May 2008 16:32
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

Bob you didn't say they had to be wild so get counting Dennis. BUDGIE
(401), Zebra Finch (402), Egyptian Goose (403), Scarlet Macaw
(404)......

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Eamonn
Sent: 09 May 2008 16:11
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

Swarovski bins, Kowa scope and Hamlyn Guide to Irish Garden Birds will
be given to the first Irish birder that sees 500 species in Ireland. God
knows I won't need them (apart from when I go to Gambia so please don't
do it before November).

What was his 400? 

BBB

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Owen Foley
Sent: 09 May 2008 16:02
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

Eamonn,

Can you not give them yourself when you see him?..oh...wait...I see
the flaw in that plan....you would have to go birding first!!

Owen

On 5/9/08, Eamonn  wrote:
> Owen, please pass on my congratulations to Dennis. Sorry I wasn't
there
> to witness the monumental moment (whenever it was??).
>
> Hard luck Jimmy. I hope you have better luck reaching 500 first.
>
> BBB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf
Of
> Owen Foley
> Sent: 09 May 2008 15:12
> To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
> Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
>
> Lee,
>
> Dennis o Sullivan did not require this species as an irish tick. He
> has found several in this country.
> It was the 400th tick for Jim Dowdall I believe, with dennis having
> achieved this total some time ago. The bird was present on one evening
> only on the 26th of April at brownstown head, co. Waterford. Seen by
> 10 Observers or so.
> Shots are online on a number of websites.
>
> Owen
>
> On 5/9/08, Lee Evans  wrote:
> > Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little
> Bittern in
> > Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish
> Listers and
> > by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain
leading
> Denis
> > O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark
by
> UK400 Club
> > rulings).
> >
> > I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full
> > dates/number of observers if known
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Lee G R Evans
> > British Birding Association
> > UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
> Conservationist
> > Discussion Forum/Email Group:
> _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
> > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
> > Rare Bird Alert:
> >
>
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
> ubBBA/_
> >
>
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
> ubBBA/)
> > Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
> > Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
> > (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)
> >
> > Chaffinch House
> > 8 Sandycroft Road
> > Little Chalfont
> > Amersham
> > Buckinghamshire
> > England
> > HP6 6QL
> > Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
> > Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
> > (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
> occurrences in
> > Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in
North
> > America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds
> Magazine and other
> > related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of
> people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
> - Douglas Adams
>
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Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: "Fitzpatrick, Dara" <d.fitzpatrick AT UCC.IE>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:32:28 +0100
Bob you didn't say they had to be wild so get counting Dennis. BUDGIE
(401), Zebra Finch (402), Egyptian Goose (403), Scarlet Macaw
(404)......

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Eamonn
Sent: 09 May 2008 16:11
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

Swarovski bins, Kowa scope and Hamlyn Guide to Irish Garden Birds will
be given to the first Irish birder that sees 500 species in Ireland. God
knows I won't need them (apart from when I go to Gambia so please don't
do it before November).

What was his 400? 

BBB

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Owen Foley
Sent: 09 May 2008 16:02
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

Eamonn,

Can you not give them yourself when you see him?..oh...wait...I see
the flaw in that plan....you would have to go birding first!!

Owen

On 5/9/08, Eamonn  wrote:
> Owen, please pass on my congratulations to Dennis. Sorry I wasn't
there
> to witness the monumental moment (whenever it was??).
>
> Hard luck Jimmy. I hope you have better luck reaching 500 first.
>
> BBB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf
Of
> Owen Foley
> Sent: 09 May 2008 15:12
> To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
> Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
>
> Lee,
>
> Dennis o Sullivan did not require this species as an irish tick. He
> has found several in this country.
> It was the 400th tick for Jim Dowdall I believe, with dennis having
> achieved this total some time ago. The bird was present on one evening
> only on the 26th of April at brownstown head, co. Waterford. Seen by
> 10 Observers or so.
> Shots are online on a number of websites.
>
> Owen
>
> On 5/9/08, Lee Evans  wrote:
> > Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little
> Bittern in
> > Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish
> Listers and
> > by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain
leading
> Denis
> > O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark
by
> UK400 Club
> > rulings).
> >
> > I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full
> > dates/number of observers if known
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Lee G R Evans
> > British Birding Association
> > UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
> Conservationist
> > Discussion Forum/Email Group:
> _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
> > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
> > Rare Bird Alert:
> >
>
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
> ubBBA/_
> >
>
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
> ubBBA/)
> > Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
> > Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
> > (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)
> >
> > Chaffinch House
> > 8 Sandycroft Road
> > Little Chalfont
> > Amersham
> > Buckinghamshire
> > England
> > HP6 6QL
> > Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
> > Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
> > (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
> occurrences in
> > Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in
North
> > America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds
> Magazine and other
> > related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Eamonn <eamonn AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:10:40 +0100
Swarovski bins, Kowa scope and Hamlyn Guide to Irish Garden Birds will
be given to the first Irish birder that sees 500 species in Ireland. God
knows I won't need them (apart from when I go to Gambia so please don't
do it before November).

What was his 400? 

BBB

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Owen Foley
Sent: 09 May 2008 16:02
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

Eamonn,

Can you not give them yourself when you see him?..oh...wait...I see
the flaw in that plan....you would have to go birding first!!

Owen

On 5/9/08, Eamonn  wrote:
> Owen, please pass on my congratulations to Dennis. Sorry I wasn't
there
> to witness the monumental moment (whenever it was??).
>
> Hard luck Jimmy. I hope you have better luck reaching 500 first.
>
> BBB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf
Of
> Owen Foley
> Sent: 09 May 2008 15:12
> To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
> Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
>
> Lee,
>
> Dennis o Sullivan did not require this species as an irish tick. He
> has found several in this country.
> It was the 400th tick for Jim Dowdall I believe, with dennis having
> achieved this total some time ago. The bird was present on one evening
> only on the 26th of April at brownstown head, co. Waterford. Seen by
> 10 Observers or so.
> Shots are online on a number of websites.
>
> Owen
>
> On 5/9/08, Lee Evans  wrote:
> > Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little
> Bittern in
> > Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish
> Listers and
> > by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain
leading
> Denis
> > O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark
by
> UK400 Club
> > rulings).
> >
> > I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full
> > dates/number of observers if known
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Lee G R Evans
> > British Birding Association
> > UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
> Conservationist
> > Discussion Forum/Email Group:
> _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
> > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
> > Rare Bird Alert:
> >
>
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
> ubBBA/_
> >
>
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
> ubBBA/)
> > Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
> > Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
> > (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)
> >
> > Chaffinch House
> > 8 Sandycroft Road
> > Little Chalfont
> > Amersham
> > Buckinghamshire
> > England
> > HP6 6QL
> > Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
> > Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
> > (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
> occurrences in
> > Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in
North
> > America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds
> Magazine and other
> > related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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> people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
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Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Owen Foley <pariah.owen AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:02:16 +0100
Eamonn,

Can you not give them yourself when you see him?..oh...wait...I see
the flaw in that plan....you would have to go birding first!!

Owen

On 5/9/08, Eamonn  wrote:
> Owen, please pass on my congratulations to Dennis. Sorry I wasn't there
> to witness the monumental moment (whenever it was??).
>
> Hard luck Jimmy. I hope you have better luck reaching 500 first.
>
> BBB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
> Owen Foley
> Sent: 09 May 2008 15:12
> To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
> Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
>
> Lee,
>
> Dennis o Sullivan did not require this species as an irish tick. He
> has found several in this country.
> It was the 400th tick for Jim Dowdall I believe, with dennis having
> achieved this total some time ago. The bird was present on one evening
> only on the 26th of April at brownstown head, co. Waterford. Seen by
> 10 Observers or so.
> Shots are online on a number of websites.
>
> Owen
>
> On 5/9/08, Lee Evans  wrote:
> > Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little
> Bittern in
> > Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish
> Listers and
> > by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain leading
> Denis
> > O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark by
> UK400 Club
> > rulings).
> >
> > I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full
> > dates/number of observers if known
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Lee G R Evans
> > British Birding Association
> > UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
> Conservationist
> > Discussion Forum/Email Group:
> _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
> > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
> > Rare Bird Alert:
> >
> _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
> ubBBA/_
> >
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
> ubBBA/)
> > Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
> > Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
> > (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)
> >
> > Chaffinch House
> > 8 Sandycroft Road
> > Little Chalfont
> > Amersham
> > Buckinghamshire
> > England
> > HP6 6QL
> > Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
> > Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
> > (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
> occurrences in
> > Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in North
> > America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds
> Magazine and other
> > related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Eamonn <eamonn AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 15:50:37 +0100
Owen, please pass on my congratulations to Dennis. Sorry I wasn't there
to witness the monumental moment (whenever it was??).

Hard luck Jimmy. I hope you have better luck reaching 500 first.

BBB

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Owen Foley
Sent: 09 May 2008 15:12
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

Lee,

Dennis o Sullivan did not require this species as an irish tick. He
has found several in this country.
It was the 400th tick for Jim Dowdall I believe, with dennis having
achieved this total some time ago. The bird was present on one evening
only on the 26th of April at brownstown head, co. Waterford. Seen by
10 Observers or so.
Shots are online on a number of websites.

Owen

On 5/9/08, Lee Evans  wrote:
> Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little
Bittern in
> Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish
Listers and
> by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain leading
Denis
> O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark by
UK400 Club
> rulings).
>
> I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full
> dates/number of observers if known
>
> Many thanks
>
> Lee G R Evans
> British Birding Association
> UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
Conservationist
> Discussion Forum/Email Group:
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
> Rare Bird Alert:
>
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/_
>
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/)
> Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
> Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
> (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)
>
> Chaffinch House
> 8 Sandycroft Road
> Little Chalfont
> Amersham
> Buckinghamshire
> England
> HP6 6QL
> Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
> Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
> (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
occurrences in
> Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in North
> America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds
Magazine and other
> related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
>
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Eamonn <eamonn AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 15:15:50 +0100
Also, Jimmy is only 399 and a half.

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Owen Foley
Sent: 09 May 2008 15:12
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

Lee,

Dennis o Sullivan did not require this species as an irish tick. He
has found several in this country.
It was the 400th tick for Jim Dowdall I believe, with dennis having
achieved this total some time ago. The bird was present on one evening
only on the 26th of April at brownstown head, co. Waterford. Seen by
10 Observers or so.
Shots are online on a number of websites.

Owen

On 5/9/08, Lee Evans  wrote:
> Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little
Bittern in
> Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish
Listers and
> by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain leading
Denis
> O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark by
UK400 Club
> rulings).
>
> I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full
> dates/number of observers if known
>
> Many thanks
>
> Lee G R Evans
> British Birding Association
> UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
Conservationist
> Discussion Forum/Email Group:
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
> Rare Bird Alert:
>
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/_
>
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/)
> Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
> Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
> (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)
>
> Chaffinch House
> 8 Sandycroft Road
> Little Chalfont
> Amersham
> Buckinghamshire
> England
> HP6 6QL
> Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
> Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
> (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
occurrences in
> Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in North
> America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds
Magazine and other
> related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Eamonn <eamonn AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 15:15:08 +0100
What was Denis' 400th and when did that happen??

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Owen Foley
Sent: 09 May 2008 15:12
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern

Lee,

Dennis o Sullivan did not require this species as an irish tick. He
has found several in this country.
It was the 400th tick for Jim Dowdall I believe, with dennis having
achieved this total some time ago. The bird was present on one evening
only on the 26th of April at brownstown head, co. Waterford. Seen by
10 Observers or so.
Shots are online on a number of websites.

Owen

On 5/9/08, Lee Evans  wrote:
> Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little
Bittern in
> Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish
Listers and
> by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain leading
Denis
> O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark by
UK400 Club
> rulings).
>
> I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full
> dates/number of observers if known
>
> Many thanks
>
> Lee G R Evans
> British Birding Association
> UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
Conservationist
> Discussion Forum/Email Group:
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
> Rare Bird Alert:
>
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/_
>
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/)
> Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
> Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
> (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)
>
> Chaffinch House
> 8 Sandycroft Road
> Little Chalfont
> Amersham
> Buckinghamshire
> England
> HP6 6QL
> Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
> Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
> (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
occurrences in
> Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in North
> America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds
Magazine and other
> related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Recent Little Bittern
From: Owen Foley <pariah.owen AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 15:12:07 +0100
Lee,

Dennis o Sullivan did not require this species as an irish tick. He
has found several in this country.
It was the 400th tick for Jim Dowdall I believe, with dennis having
achieved this total some time ago. The bird was present on one evening
only on the 26th of April at brownstown head, co. Waterford. Seen by
10 Observers or so.
Shots are online on a number of websites.

Owen

On 5/9/08, Lee Evans  wrote:
> Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little Bittern in
> Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish Listers 
and 

> by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain leading Denis
> O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark by UK400 
Club 

> rulings).
>
> I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full
> dates/number of observers if known
>
> Many thanks
>
> Lee G R Evans
> British Birding Association
> UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and 
Conservationist 

> Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
> Rare Bird Alert:
> 
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ 

> 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) 

> Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
> Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
> (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)
>
> Chaffinch House
> 8 Sandycroft Road
> Little Chalfont
> Amersham
> Buckinghamshire
> England
> HP6 6QL
> Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
> Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
> (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird occurrences in
> Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in North
> America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds Magazine and 
other 

> related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
>
>
>
>
>
>


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Subject: Recent Little Bittern
From: Lee Evans <LGREUK400 AT AOL.COM>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 09:55:49 EDT
Can somebody kindly supply me with details of the recent Little Bittern in 
Ireland. I am guessing it was a new bird for the majority of Irish Listers and 
by my reckoning the 400th IRBC accepted species for a certain leading Denis 
O'Sullivan (although of course this total well surpasses this mark by UK400 
Club 

rulings).
 
I require a little history on the record - age/sex, locality, full 
dates/number of observers if known
 
Many thanks  

Lee G R Evans
British Birding Association
UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist
Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_ 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) 
Rare Bird Alert: 
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ 

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) 

Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_ 
(http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/) 

Chaffinch House
8 Sandycroft Road
Little Chalfont
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
England
HP6 6QL
Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
(Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird occurrences in 
Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in North 
America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds Magazine and 
other 

related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)




   
Subject: Re: Great tits cope well with warming
From: Billy Quinn <bqsnr44 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:18:38 +0100
That is a very interesting article.  We have 2 nest boxes in our garden -
one always has great tits in it and the other one always has blue tits and a
webcam.  The survival rate as far as we can ascertain is better for the
Great Tits than for the Blue Tits.  One year when the Blue Tit chicks all
died the Great Tits did not seem to have the same problem.
Bill

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Andrew Kelly 
wrote:

> I see the BBC journalists are hard at work
>
> Great tits cope
> well with warming
> or
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7390109.stm
>
>
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Subject: Great tits cope well with warming
From: Andrew Kelly <andrew_kelly_home AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 09:40:38 +0100
I see the BBC journalists are hard at work 

Great tits cope
well with warming
or
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7390109.stm



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Subject: 338 New Total
From: Lee Evans <LGREUK400 AT AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 19:16:56 EDT
With the further addition of 17 species in the past 15 days, the total number 
of species now recorded in Britain and Ireland in 2008 now surges forward to 
338 species. The new additions are thus -:
 
LITTLE BITTERN
BLACK STORK
Eurasian Honey Buzzard
Corncrake
CASPIAN PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Little Tern
European Nightjar
PALLID SWIFT
European Bee-eater
CITRINE WAGTAIL
Golden Oriole
Woodchat Shrike
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
Ortolan  

Lee G R Evans
British Birding Association
UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist
Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_ 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) 
Rare Bird Alert: 
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ 

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) 

Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_ 
(http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/) 

Chaffinch House
8 Sandycroft Road
Little Chalfont
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
England
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Lee Evans <LGREUK400 AT AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 16:20:52 EDT
 
In a message dated 07/05/2008 16:13:34 GMT Daylight Time, 
eamonn AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE writes:

Wasn't there a photo of a Bay-breasted Warbler from somewhere Lee? 
What happened that? 
Do the BOU accept the Slender-billed Curlew as a genuine vagrant
positively identified??


Eamonn
 
There is a video of a first-winter Bay-breasted Warbler said to have been 
filmed in West Cornwall (it was filmed on a day when several Red-eyed Vireos 
arrived, including one which alighted on the Scillonian between Penzance and St 

Mary's). I have seen the video and a copy of it was used to try and find the 
exact location in Cornwall - the location was never matched nor the vegetation 
found. It is an interesting piece of film, (inserted) spliced between a Great 
Spotted Cuckoo in Sussex and holiday footage of Land's End and common seabirds.
 
The BOU accept the Druridge Bay SBC as the real thing but in my opinion, all 
video evidence and photographs suggest the bird is nothing more than a 
Eurasian Curlew (in fact I have emailed images of the bird to international 
experts 

under the pseudonym of mystery bird and none has ever suggested SBC). To fit 
the bill, a unique first-summer plumage was invented to explain the odd-looking 

numenius, one of at least 10 such 'runt' individuals being seen subsequently 
from Norfolk to Gloucestershire. Much of the evidence and original 
investigative work was based on Didier Vandaleuwe, who famously identified and 
confirmed 

the Minsmere curlew as a Slender-billed Curlew a few years later. He managed to 

secure a large sum of money in his quest for this species, largely due to the 
fact that an immature had been sighted in Northumberland. In my view, SBC is 
extinct and most likely became so when the final surviving wintering bird in 
Morocco was last recorded in February 1995. I had seen four different birds 
(all identically plumaged) at Merja Zerga in the five years prior to this.



   
Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Eamonn <eamonn AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 16:56:11 +0100
It must have been a really really long time ago when he was young naive
if he thought Spoonbill was a garden bird !

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
jhobbs AT iol.ie
Sent: 07 May 2008 16:52
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???

Michael
I know that bus, the 84! If you miss one, just start walking as you have
more chance of a black woodpecker.
joe

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Michael michael AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:26:10 +0100
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???


Speaking of garden ornaments - I remember a long, long time ago jumping
off the bus to Kilcoole just outside Greystones when we caught a glimpse
of a Spoonbill.

It was a long walk into Kilcoole.......

Regards,
 
Michael.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Lee Evans
Sent: 07 May 2008 15:10
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???

You don't know the general quality of the birding franertity over here
!! 
There are far more unsubstantiated claims of Cattle Egrets, Black Kites,
eagle 
species and Glossy Ibises, and rare gulls such as Laughing and Great 
Black-headed are forever being mistaken for Mediterranean Gulls.
 
The Black Woodpecker claims relate to a wide variety of
misidentifications, 
from Carrion Crows to garden ornaments.  

Lee G R Evans
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Conservationist
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: "jhobbs AT iol.ie" <jhobbs@IOL.IE>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 11:51:57 -0400
Michael
I know that bus, the 84! If you miss one, just start walking as you have
more chance of a black woodpecker.
joe

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Michael michael AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:26:10 +0100
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???


Speaking of garden ornaments - I remember a long, long time ago jumping
off the bus to Kilcoole just outside Greystones when we caught a glimpse
of a Spoonbill.

It was a long walk into Kilcoole.......

Regards,
 
Michael.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Lee Evans
Sent: 07 May 2008 15:10
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???

You don't know the general quality of the birding franertity over here
!! 
There are far more unsubstantiated claims of Cattle Egrets, Black Kites,
eagle 
species and Glossy Ibises, and rare gulls such as Laughing and Great 
Black-headed are forever being mistaken for Mediterranean Gulls.
 
The Black Woodpecker claims relate to a wide variety of
misidentifications, 
from Carrion Crows to garden ornaments.  

Lee G R Evans
British Birding Association
UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
Conservationist
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(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) 
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Eamonn <eamonn AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 16:11:16 +0100
There is a sense of puzzlement about the fact that no 'believable'
birder has seen even one of these so just maybe there haven't been any.
It is a bit like UFO enthusiasts who never get to actually see a UFO and
are always skeptical about reports from other observers.

Wasn't there a photo of a Bay-breasted Warbler from somewhere Lee? 
What happened that? 
Do the BOU accept the Slender-billed Curlew as a genuine vagrant
positively identified??

Sorry if my American Warbler question is mistaken.

Regards, Eamonn

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Dr Graham Saunders
Sent: 07 May 2008 15:50
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???

That is certainly at odds with Fitter, who was of the opinion that there
were about 80  worthwhile out of about 150 reports of Black Woodpecker
in Britain. And from what I recall, the detail of the reports he used as
evidence showed considerable research on his part in firstly sourcing
original reports and then providing supporting evidence.  



  The Black Woodpecker claims relate to a wide variety of
misidentifications,
  from Carrion Crows to garden ornaments.

  Lee G R Evans
  British Birding Association
  UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
Conservationist
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  (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Lee Evans <LGREUK400 AT AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:57:57 EDT
Reeves's Pheasant has a population of no more than seven males in Britain 
(mostly in Norfolk Breckland), all local releases. It has never been 
self-sustaining  

Lee G R Evans
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Dr Graham Saunders <g.saunders AT QUB.AC.UK>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:51:05 +0100
Reeves' Pheasant - wasn't one spotted quite recently.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lee Evans 
  To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:44 PM
  Subject: Re: Differences ???


  Australian Black Swan is breeding in the wild in Britain but in very small
  numbers (9 pairs). Budgerigar has long since become extinct on Scilly, as has
 Northern Bobwhite, whilst both exotic pheasants are in trouble, with just 7 
male 

  Lady A's left and 43 Goldens.

  There are no acceptable Black Woodpecker records out of the 125 or so
  reported claims. It is a potential vagrant though despite what others say.

  Lee G R Evans
  British Birding Association
 UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist 

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  (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
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  Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Dr Graham Saunders <g.saunders AT QUB.AC.UK>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:49:51 +0100
That is certainly at odds with Fitter, who was of the opinion that there were 
about 80 worthwhile out of about 150 reports of Black Woodpecker in Britain. 
And from what I recall, the detail of the reports he used as evidence showed 
considerable research on his part in firstly sourcing original reports and then 
providing supporting evidence. 




  The Black Woodpecker claims relate to a wide variety of misidentifications,
  from Carrion Crows to garden ornaments.

  Lee G R Evans
  British Birding Association
 UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist 

  Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_
  (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
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_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ 

 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) 

  Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
  Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
  (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)

  Chaffinch House
  8 Sandycroft Road
  Little Chalfont
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  Buckinghamshire
  England
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 America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds Magazine and 
other 

  related publications; Bird Tours for Birders)
Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Michael <michael AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:26:10 +0100
Speaking of garden ornaments - I remember a long, long time ago jumping
off the bus to Kilcoole just outside Greystones when we caught a glimpse
of a Spoonbill.

It was a long walk into Kilcoole.......

Regards,
 
Michael.

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Lee Evans
Sent: 07 May 2008 15:10
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???

You don't know the general quality of the birding franertity over here
!! 
There are far more unsubstantiated claims of Cattle Egrets, Black Kites,
eagle 
species and Glossy Ibises, and rare gulls such as Laughing and Great 
Black-headed are forever being mistaken for Mediterranean Gulls.
 
The Black Woodpecker claims relate to a wide variety of
misidentifications, 
from Carrion Crows to garden ornaments.  

Lee G R Evans
British Birding Association
UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
Conservationist
Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) 
Rare Bird Alert: 
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/_ 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/) 
Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_ 
(http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/) 

Chaffinch House
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Little Chalfont
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England
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Eamonn <eamonn AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:21:22 +0100
Fantastic !
It must be a real bummer having so many false claims of Mediterranean
Gulls of birds which are, in fact, Great Black-headed !

We have the same problem with Ringed Plovers.

Interesting stuff.

Eamonn


-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Lee Evans
Sent: 07 May 2008 15:10
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???

You don't know the general quality of the birding franertity over here
!! 
There are far more unsubstantiated claims of Cattle Egrets, Black Kites,
eagle 
species and Glossy Ibises, and rare gulls such as Laughing and Great 
Black-headed are forever being mistaken for Mediterranean Gulls.
 
The Black Woodpecker claims relate to a wide variety of
misidentifications, 
from Carrion Crows to garden ornaments.  

Lee G R Evans
British Birding Association
UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
Conservationist
Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) 
Rare Bird Alert: 
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/_ 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/) 
Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_ 
(http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/) 

Chaffinch House
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Lee Evans <LGREUK400 AT AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:10:22 EDT
You don't know the general quality of the birding franertity over here !! 
There are far more unsubstantiated claims of Cattle Egrets, Black Kites, eagle 
species and Glossy Ibises, and rare gulls such as Laughing and Great 
Black-headed are forever being mistaken for Mediterranean Gulls.
 
The Black Woodpecker claims relate to a wide variety of misidentifications, 
from Carrion Crows to garden ornaments.  

Lee G R Evans
British Birding Association
UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist
Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_ 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) 
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_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/_ 

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) 

Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_ 
(http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/) 

Chaffinch House
8 Sandycroft Road
Little Chalfont
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England
HP6 6QL
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Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Eamonn <eamonn AT COLLIERKITCHENS.IE>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 14:50:18 +0100
How the hell can you have 125 unsubstantiated/unacceptable reports of
Black Woodpecker????

What were they, distant Black Swans ?? 

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Lee Evans
Sent: 07 May 2008 14:45
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???

Australian Black Swan is breeding in the wild in Britain but in very
small 
numbers (9 pairs). Budgerigar has long since become extinct on Scilly,
as has 
Northern Bobwhite, whilst both exotic pheasants are in trouble, with
just 7 male 
Lady A's left and 43 Goldens.
 
There are no acceptable Black Woodpecker records out of the 125 or so 
reported claims. It is a potential vagrant though despite what others
say.  

Lee G R Evans
British Birding Association
UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
Conservationist
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(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) 
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ubBBA/_ 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/) 
Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_ 
(http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/) 

Chaffinch House
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Lee Evans <LGREUK400 AT AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:44:42 EDT
Australian Black Swan is breeding in the wild in Britain but in very small 
numbers (9 pairs). Budgerigar has long since become extinct on Scilly, as has 
Northern Bobwhite, whilst both exotic pheasants are in trouble, with just 7 
male 

Lady A's left and 43 Goldens.
 
There are no acceptable Black Woodpecker records out of the 125 or so 
reported claims. It is a potential vagrant though despite what others say.  

Lee G R Evans
British Birding Association
UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and Conservationist
Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_ 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/) 
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(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400ClubBBA/) 

Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_ 
(http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/) 

Chaffinch House
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England
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Dr Graham Saunders <g.saunders AT QUB.AC.UK>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 14:30:11 +0100
44 pairs of Eagle Owl - FORTY FOUR! - but no Budgerigar (wasn't there a colony 
on Scilly?) or Zebra Finch. Black Swan must be breeding somewhere in Britain, 
there's enough of them about. 

  


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Hugh Delaney 
  To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:13 PM
  Subject: Re: Differences ???


  Black Woodpecker has been recorded on Helgoland.

  http://oag-helgoland.de/

  Regards

  Hugh

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Dr Graham Saunders" 
  To: 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:05 PM
  Subject: Re: Differences ???


  But Joe, wasn't there also a report of one on Heligoland from that era?

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: jhobbs AT iol.ie
    To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie
    Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 1:05 PM
    Subject: Re: Differences ???


    Snow Finch... Hastings Rarity surely?

    Original Message:
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    From: Dr Graham Saunders g.saunders AT QUB.AC.UK
    Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:58:40 +0100
    To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
    Subject: Re: Differences ???


    ... And Snow Finch.
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Eamonn
      To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie
      Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:43 PM
      Subject: Re: Differences ???


      Hi Lee,
      Thanks very much for such a comprehensive reply. I'm sure others will
      find this very interesting also.

      Doc, maybe Black Woodpeckers don't cross big expanses of water. Just
      like Booted Eagle.

      eamonn

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
      Lee Evans
      Sent: 07 May 2008 12:25
      To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
      Subject: Re: Differences ???

      Eamonn

      I have just returned from China and just read your email. Not sure where
      you
      have found a BOU list stating the number of species recorded in the UK
      this
      year.

      The UK400 Club List of British and Irish birds has the following
      differences

      It does NOT recognise Feral Pigeon nor Scottish Parrot Crossbill, the
      latter
      considered an isolated form of Parrot Crossbill. Slender-billed Curlew
      is also
      not accepted (the most recent claim is considered to relate to Eurasian
      Curlew).

      Pacific Diver (considered distinct from BTD), Masked Booby (1-2
      records),
      Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (2 records of one individual), European
      White
      Pelican (several records), American Least Bittern (1 record), Chinese
      Pond Heron
      (Category D), Sacred Ibis (Category C vagrant from population in
      France),
      Greater Flamingo (several records considered genuine vagrants), Chilean
      Flamingo
      (Category C vagrant from feral population in Germany),  North American
      Whistling Swan (considered distinct from Bewick's Swan), Ross's Snow
      Goose (numerous
      records, vagrants from North America where species has undergone 71%
      increase
      in population; record 4 birds in 2007/8 winter), Greenland White-fronted
      Goose
      (considered distinct from Eurasian/Pacific), Tundra Bean Goose
      (considered
      distinct from Taiga Bean Goose), Pale-bellied Brent Goose and Black
      Brant (both
      considered specifically distinct from Dark-bellied Brent Goose), Ruddy
      Shelduck
      (mix of vagrants and Category C vagrants from Russia and elsewhere),
      Bar-headed Goose (Category C vagrant from feral populations in The
      Netherlands), North
      American Wood Duck (1 record - vagrant male in North Sea), Falcated Duck

      (numerous records - Category D), Marbled Duck (numerous records, clear
      pattern of
      vagrancy), Baikal Teal (several records, one at least on Category A),
      Cinnamon
      Teal (1 record considered vagrant - Outer Hebrides), White-winged Scoter
      (1
      record - NW Scotland), Hooded Merganser (numerous records, clear pattern
      of
      occurrence), White-headed Duck (numerous records including influx years;
      clear
      pattern of occurrence), Eurasian Black Vulture (1 record - considered
      Vagrant),
      North American Bald Eagle (1+ records), Booted Eagle (at least 4 records
      -
      considered vagrant), North American Hen Harrier (considered distinct
      from Hen
      Harrier), Red-shouldered Hawk (1 ship-assisted vagrant), Saker (records
      under
      consideration for recategoristaion - currently in Category E), Lady
      Amherst's
      Pheasant (Category C - 7 males still survive), Hudsonian Whimbrel
      (considered
      distinct from Eurasian Whimbrel), Caspian Gull (considered distinct from
      Herring
      Gull), Thayer's Gull (5 accepted records from Ireland; at least 4 others
      under
      review), North American Least Tern (1 record; considered distinct from
      Little
      Tern), Elegant Tern (at least 5 records), North American Black Tern (6+
      records mainly from Ireland; considered specifically distinct from Black
      Tern),
      Eurasian Eagle Owl (population of 44 pairs in UK of unknown provenance;
      accepted
      to Category D), White-rumped Swift (single record from Ireland), Monk
      Parakeet
      (status being reviewed, feral population currently just under 100
      individuals), Middle-spotted Woodpecker (1 record, East Kent), Northern
      Flicker
      (ship-assisted vagrant to Ireland), White Wagtail (considered distinct
      from Pied
      Wagtail), Amur Wagtail (considered distinct from Pied Wagtail; 3 vagrant
      records),
      Black-headed Wagtail (numerous records; considered distinct from Yellow
      Wagtail), Eastern Yellow Wagtail (10+ records; considered distinct from
      Yellow
      Wagtail), Eastern Common Nightingale (3 records; taxonomic status
      currently under
      review), Siberian and Caspian Stonechats (both vagrants and both
      considered
      specifically distinct from Common Stonechat), Bicknell's Thrush (vagrant
      on Scilly
      1 record; considered distinct from Grey-cheeked Thrush), Red-throated
      Thrush
      (1 record in Essex; considered distinct from Black-throated Thrush),
      Naumann's
      Thrush (3 records; considered distinct from Dusky Thrush), Desert Lesser

      Whitethroat (10+ records; considered distinct from Lesser/Siberian
      Lesser
      Whitethroats), Eastern Subalpine Warbler (regular vagrant; considered
      distinct from
      Western/Moltoni's Subalpine Warblers), Sykes's Booted Warbler (8+
      records;
      considered distinct from Booted Warbler), Siberian Chiffchaff
      (considered distinct
      from Common/Scandinavian Chiffchaffs), Two-barred Greenish and Green
      Warbler
      (both vagrants and both considered specifically distinct from Greenish
      Warblers), Asiatic Brown Flycatcher (2 vagrant records), Mugimaki
      Flycatcher (1 record
      - considered vagrant), House Crow (ship-assisted records to Ireland),
      Daurian
      Starling (2 vagrant records), Mealy, Greenland and Scandinavian Arctic
      Redpolls (5 species recognised by UK400 Club but may all relate to one
      North-south
      cline of single species), Pine Siskin (ship-assisted record), Field
      Sparrow
      (ship-assisted record), American Goldfinch (ship-assisted record in
      Ireland -
      still under review), Rusty Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird (several
      records),
      Brown Thrasher (ship-assisted record), Spotted Towhee (ship-assisted
      record)
      and Red-headed Bunting (numerous records; clear pattern of summer
      vagrancy)

      Lee G R Evans
      British Birding Association
      UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
      Conservationist
      Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_

      (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
      Rare Bird Alert:
      _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
      ubBBA/_
      (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
      ubBBA/)
      Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
      Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
      (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)

      Chaffinch House
      8 Sandycroft Road
      Little Chalfont
      Amersham
      Buckinghamshire
      England
      HP6 6QL
      Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
      Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
      (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
      occurrences in
      Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in North
      America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds Magazine
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Hugh Delaney <hughdelaney AT EIRCOM.NET>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 14:13:29 +0100
Black Woodpecker has been recorded on Helgoland.

http://oag-helgoland.de/

Regards

Hugh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr Graham Saunders" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: Differences ???


But Joe, wasn't there also a report of one on Heligoland from that era?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jhobbs AT iol.ie
  To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 1:05 PM
  Subject: Re: Differences ???


  Snow Finch... Hastings Rarity surely?

  Original Message:
  -----------------
  From: Dr Graham Saunders g.saunders AT QUB.AC.UK
  Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:58:40 +0100
  To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
  Subject: Re: Differences ???


  ... And Snow Finch.
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Eamonn
    To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie
    Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:43 PM
    Subject: Re: Differences ???


    Hi Lee,
    Thanks very much for such a comprehensive reply. I'm sure others will
    find this very interesting also.

    Doc, maybe Black Woodpeckers don't cross big expanses of water. Just
    like Booted Eagle.

    eamonn

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
    Lee Evans
    Sent: 07 May 2008 12:25
    To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
    Subject: Re: Differences ???

    Eamonn

    I have just returned from China and just read your email. Not sure where
    you
    have found a BOU list stating the number of species recorded in the UK
    this
    year.

    The UK400 Club List of British and Irish birds has the following
    differences

    It does NOT recognise Feral Pigeon nor Scottish Parrot Crossbill, the
    latter
    considered an isolated form of Parrot Crossbill. Slender-billed Curlew
    is also
    not accepted (the most recent claim is considered to relate to Eurasian
    Curlew).

    Pacific Diver (considered distinct from BTD), Masked Booby (1-2
    records),
    Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (2 records of one individual), European
    White
    Pelican (several records), American Least Bittern (1 record), Chinese
    Pond Heron
    (Category D), Sacred Ibis (Category C vagrant from population in
    France),
    Greater Flamingo (several records considered genuine vagrants), Chilean
    Flamingo
    (Category C vagrant from feral population in Germany),  North American
    Whistling Swan (considered distinct from Bewick's Swan), Ross's Snow
    Goose (numerous
    records, vagrants from North America where species has undergone 71%
    increase
    in population; record 4 birds in 2007/8 winter), Greenland White-fronted
    Goose
    (considered distinct from Eurasian/Pacific), Tundra Bean Goose
    (considered
    distinct from Taiga Bean Goose), Pale-bellied Brent Goose and Black
    Brant (both
    considered specifically distinct from Dark-bellied Brent Goose), Ruddy
    Shelduck
    (mix of vagrants and Category C vagrants from Russia and elsewhere),
    Bar-headed Goose (Category C vagrant from feral populations in The
    Netherlands), North
    American Wood Duck (1 record - vagrant male in North Sea), Falcated Duck

    (numerous records - Category D), Marbled Duck (numerous records, clear
    pattern of
    vagrancy), Baikal Teal (several records, one at least on Category A),
    Cinnamon
    Teal (1 record considered vagrant - Outer Hebrides), White-winged Scoter
    (1
    record - NW Scotland), Hooded Merganser (numerous records, clear pattern
    of
    occurrence), White-headed Duck (numerous records including influx years;
    clear
    pattern of occurrence), Eurasian Black Vulture (1 record - considered
    Vagrant),
    North American Bald Eagle (1+ records), Booted Eagle (at least 4 records
    -
    considered vagrant), North American Hen Harrier (considered distinct
    from Hen
    Harrier), Red-shouldered Hawk (1 ship-assisted vagrant), Saker (records
    under
    consideration for recategoristaion - currently in Category E), Lady
    Amherst's
    Pheasant (Category C - 7 males still survive), Hudsonian Whimbrel
    (considered
    distinct from Eurasian Whimbrel), Caspian Gull (considered distinct from
    Herring
    Gull), Thayer's Gull (5 accepted records from Ireland; at least 4 others
    under
    review), North American Least Tern (1 record; considered distinct from
    Little
    Tern), Elegant Tern (at least 5 records), North American Black Tern (6+
    records mainly from Ireland; considered specifically distinct from Black
    Tern),
    Eurasian Eagle Owl (population of 44 pairs in UK of unknown provenance;
    accepted
    to Category D), White-rumped Swift (single record from Ireland), Monk
    Parakeet
    (status being reviewed, feral population currently just under 100
    individuals), Middle-spotted Woodpecker (1 record, East Kent), Northern
    Flicker
    (ship-assisted vagrant to Ireland), White Wagtail (considered distinct
    from Pied
    Wagtail), Amur Wagtail (considered distinct from Pied Wagtail; 3 vagrant
    records),
    Black-headed Wagtail (numerous records; considered distinct from Yellow
    Wagtail), Eastern Yellow Wagtail (10+ records; considered distinct from
    Yellow
    Wagtail), Eastern Common Nightingale (3 records; taxonomic status
    currently under
    review), Siberian and Caspian Stonechats (both vagrants and both
    considered
    specifically distinct from Common Stonechat), Bicknell's Thrush (vagrant
    on Scilly
    1 record; considered distinct from Grey-cheeked Thrush), Red-throated
    Thrush
    (1 record in Essex; considered distinct from Black-throated Thrush),
    Naumann's
    Thrush (3 records; considered distinct from Dusky Thrush), Desert Lesser

    Whitethroat (10+ records; considered distinct from Lesser/Siberian
    Lesser
    Whitethroats), Eastern Subalpine Warbler (regular vagrant; considered
    distinct from
    Western/Moltoni's Subalpine Warblers), Sykes's Booted Warbler (8+
    records;
    considered distinct from Booted Warbler), Siberian Chiffchaff
    (considered distinct
    from Common/Scandinavian Chiffchaffs), Two-barred Greenish and Green
    Warbler
    (both vagrants and both considered specifically distinct from Greenish
    Warblers), Asiatic Brown Flycatcher (2 vagrant records), Mugimaki
    Flycatcher (1 record
    - considered vagrant), House Crow (ship-assisted records to Ireland),
    Daurian
    Starling (2 vagrant records), Mealy, Greenland and Scandinavian Arctic
    Redpolls (5 species recognised by UK400 Club but may all relate to one
    North-south
    cline of single species), Pine Siskin (ship-assisted record), Field
    Sparrow
    (ship-assisted record), American Goldfinch (ship-assisted record in
    Ireland -
    still under review), Rusty Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird (several
    records),
    Brown Thrasher (ship-assisted record), Spotted Towhee (ship-assisted
    record)
    and Red-headed Bunting (numerous records; clear pattern of summer
    vagrancy)

    Lee G R Evans
    British Birding Association
    UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
    Conservationist
    Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_

    (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
    Rare Bird Alert:
    _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
    ubBBA/_
    (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
    ubBBA/)
    Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
    Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
    (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)

    Chaffinch House
    8 Sandycroft Road
    Little Chalfont
    Amersham
    Buckinghamshire
    England
    HP6 6QL
    Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
    Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
    (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
    occurrences in
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    America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds Magazine
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Dr Graham Saunders <g.saunders AT QUB.AC.UK>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 14:05:23 +0100
But Joe, wasn't there also a report of one on Heligoland from that era?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jhobbs AT iol.ie 
  To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 1:05 PM
  Subject: Re: Differences ???


  Snow Finch... Hastings Rarity surely?

  Original Message:
  -----------------
  From: Dr Graham Saunders g.saunders AT QUB.AC.UK
  Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:58:40 +0100
  To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
  Subject: Re: Differences ???


  ... And Snow Finch.
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Eamonn
    To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie
    Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:43 PM
    Subject: Re: Differences ???


    Hi Lee,
    Thanks very much for such a comprehensive reply. I'm sure others will
    find this very interesting also.

    Doc, maybe Black Woodpeckers don't cross big expanses of water. Just
    like Booted Eagle.

    eamonn

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
    Lee Evans
    Sent: 07 May 2008 12:25
    To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
    Subject: Re: Differences ???

    Eamonn

    I have just returned from China and just read your email. Not sure where
    you
    have found a BOU list stating the number of species recorded in the UK
    this
    year.

    The UK400 Club List of British and Irish birds has the following
    differences

    It does NOT recognise Feral Pigeon nor Scottish Parrot Crossbill, the
    latter
    considered an isolated form of Parrot Crossbill. Slender-billed Curlew
    is also
    not accepted (the most recent claim is considered to relate to Eurasian
    Curlew).

    Pacific Diver (considered distinct from BTD), Masked Booby (1-2
    records),
    Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (2 records of one individual), European
    White
    Pelican (several records), American Least Bittern (1 record), Chinese
    Pond Heron
    (Category D), Sacred Ibis (Category C vagrant from population in
    France),
    Greater Flamingo (several records considered genuine vagrants), Chilean
    Flamingo
    (Category C vagrant from feral population in Germany),  North American
    Whistling Swan (considered distinct from Bewick's Swan), Ross's Snow
    Goose (numerous
    records, vagrants from North America where species has undergone 71%
    increase
    in population; record 4 birds in 2007/8 winter), Greenland White-fronted
    Goose
    (considered distinct from Eurasian/Pacific), Tundra Bean Goose
    (considered
    distinct from Taiga Bean Goose), Pale-bellied Brent Goose and Black
    Brant (both
    considered specifically distinct from Dark-bellied Brent Goose), Ruddy
    Shelduck
    (mix of vagrants and Category C vagrants from Russia and elsewhere),
    Bar-headed Goose (Category C vagrant from feral populations in The
    Netherlands), North
    American Wood Duck (1 record - vagrant male in North Sea), Falcated Duck

    (numerous records - Category D), Marbled Duck (numerous records, clear
    pattern of
    vagrancy), Baikal Teal (several records, one at least on Category A),
    Cinnamon
    Teal (1 record considered vagrant - Outer Hebrides), White-winged Scoter
    (1
    record - NW Scotland), Hooded Merganser (numerous records, clear pattern
    of
    occurrence), White-headed Duck (numerous records including influx years;
    clear
    pattern of occurrence), Eurasian Black Vulture (1 record - considered
    Vagrant),
    North American Bald Eagle (1+ records), Booted Eagle (at least 4 records
    -
    considered vagrant), North American Hen Harrier (considered distinct
    from Hen
    Harrier), Red-shouldered Hawk (1 ship-assisted vagrant), Saker (records
    under
    consideration for recategoristaion - currently in Category E), Lady
    Amherst's
    Pheasant (Category C - 7 males still survive), Hudsonian Whimbrel
    (considered
    distinct from Eurasian Whimbrel), Caspian Gull (considered distinct from
    Herring
    Gull), Thayer's Gull (5 accepted records from Ireland; at least 4 others
    under
    review), North American Least Tern (1 record; considered distinct from
    Little
    Tern), Elegant Tern (at least 5 records), North American Black Tern (6+
    records mainly from Ireland; considered specifically distinct from Black
    Tern),
    Eurasian Eagle Owl (population of 44 pairs in UK of unknown provenance;
    accepted
    to Category D), White-rumped Swift (single record from Ireland), Monk
    Parakeet
    (status being reviewed, feral population currently just under 100
    individuals), Middle-spotted Woodpecker (1 record, East Kent), Northern
    Flicker
    (ship-assisted vagrant to Ireland), White Wagtail (considered distinct
    from Pied
    Wagtail), Amur Wagtail (considered distinct from Pied Wagtail; 3 vagrant
    records),
    Black-headed Wagtail (numerous records; considered distinct from Yellow
    Wagtail), Eastern Yellow Wagtail (10+ records; considered distinct from
    Yellow
    Wagtail), Eastern Common Nightingale (3 records; taxonomic status
    currently under
    review), Siberian and Caspian Stonechats (both vagrants and both
    considered
    specifically distinct from Common Stonechat), Bicknell's Thrush (vagrant
    on Scilly
    1 record; considered distinct from Grey-cheeked Thrush), Red-throated
    Thrush
    (1 record in Essex; considered distinct from Black-throated Thrush),
    Naumann's
    Thrush (3 records; considered distinct from Dusky Thrush), Desert Lesser

    Whitethroat (10+ records; considered distinct from Lesser/Siberian
    Lesser
    Whitethroats), Eastern Subalpine Warbler (regular vagrant; considered
    distinct from
    Western/Moltoni's Subalpine Warblers), Sykes's Booted Warbler (8+
    records;
    considered distinct from Booted Warbler), Siberian Chiffchaff
    (considered distinct
    from Common/Scandinavian Chiffchaffs), Two-barred Greenish and Green
    Warbler
    (both vagrants and both considered specifically distinct from Greenish
    Warblers), Asiatic Brown Flycatcher (2 vagrant records), Mugimaki
    Flycatcher (1 record
    - considered vagrant), House Crow (ship-assisted records to Ireland),
    Daurian
    Starling (2 vagrant records), Mealy, Greenland and Scandinavian Arctic
    Redpolls (5 species recognised by UK400 Club but may all relate to one
    North-south
    cline of single species), Pine Siskin (ship-assisted record), Field
    Sparrow
    (ship-assisted record), American Goldfinch (ship-assisted record in
    Ireland -
    still under review), Rusty Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird (several
    records),
    Brown Thrasher (ship-assisted record), Spotted Towhee (ship-assisted
    record)
    and Red-headed Bunting (numerous records; clear pattern of summer
    vagrancy)

    Lee G R Evans
    British Birding Association
    UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
    Conservationist
    Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_

    (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
    Rare Bird Alert:
    _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
    ubBBA/_
    (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
    ubBBA/)
    Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
    Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
    (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)

    Chaffinch House
    8 Sandycroft Road
    Little Chalfont
    Amersham
    Buckinghamshire
    England
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    Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
    Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Evan Salholm <Evan.Salholm AT SPD.DCU.IE>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:08:45 +0100
Eamonn,
Black 'Peckers do.They colonised the Baltic island of Bornholm,from either
Germany,Poland or Sweden.The English Channel would be no problem,and they
may be breeding closer to the Channel than in the past.

Evan

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE]On Behalf Of
Eamonn
Sent: 07 May 2008 12:43
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???


Hi Lee,
Thanks very much for such a comprehensive reply. I'm sure others will
find this very interesting also.

Doc, maybe Black Woodpeckers don't cross big expanses of water. Just
like Booted Eagle.

eamonn

-----Original Message-----
From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Lee Evans
Sent: 07 May 2008 12:25
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???

Eamonn

I have just returned from China and just read your email. Not sure where
you
have found a BOU list stating the number of species recorded in the UK
this
year.

The UK400 Club List of British and Irish birds has the following
differences

It does NOT recognise Feral Pigeon nor Scottish Parrot Crossbill, the
latter
considered an isolated form of Parrot Crossbill. Slender-billed Curlew
is also
not accepted (the most recent claim is considered to relate to Eurasian
Curlew).

Pacific Diver (considered distinct from BTD), Masked Booby (1-2
records),
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (2 records of one individual), European
White
Pelican (several records), American Least Bittern (1 record), Chinese
Pond Heron
(Category D), Sacred Ibis (Category C vagrant from population in
France),
Greater Flamingo (several records considered genuine vagrants), Chilean
Flamingo
(Category C vagrant from feral population in Germany),  North American
Whistling Swan (considered distinct from Bewick's Swan), Ross's Snow
Goose (numerous
records, vagrants from North America where species has undergone 71%
increase
in population; record 4 birds in 2007/8 winter), Greenland White-fronted
Goose
(considered distinct from Eurasian/Pacific), Tundra Bean Goose
(considered
distinct from Taiga Bean Goose), Pale-bellied Brent Goose and Black
Brant (both
considered specifically distinct from Dark-bellied Brent Goose), Ruddy
Shelduck
(mix of vagrants and Category C vagrants from Russia and elsewhere),
Bar-headed Goose (Category C vagrant from feral populations in The
Netherlands), North
American Wood Duck (1 record - vagrant male in North Sea), Falcated Duck

(numerous records - Category D), Marbled Duck (numerous records, clear
pattern of
vagrancy), Baikal Teal (several records, one at least on Category A),
Cinnamon
Teal (1 record considered vagrant - Outer Hebrides), White-winged Scoter
(1
record - NW Scotland), Hooded Merganser (numerous records, clear pattern
of
occurrence), White-headed Duck (numerous records including influx years;
clear
pattern of occurrence), Eurasian Black Vulture (1 record - considered
Vagrant),
North American Bald Eagle (1+ records), Booted Eagle (at least 4 records
-
considered vagrant), North American Hen Harrier (considered distinct
from Hen
Harrier), Red-shouldered Hawk (1 ship-assisted vagrant), Saker (records
under
consideration for recategoristaion - currently in Category E), Lady
Amherst's
Pheasant (Category C - 7 males still survive), Hudsonian Whimbrel
(considered
distinct from Eurasian Whimbrel), Caspian Gull (considered distinct from
Herring
Gull), Thayer's Gull (5 accepted records from Ireland; at least 4 others
under
review), North American Least Tern (1 record; considered distinct from
Little
Tern), Elegant Tern (at least 5 records), North American Black Tern (6+
records mainly from Ireland; considered specifically distinct from Black
Tern),
Eurasian Eagle Owl (population of 44 pairs in UK of unknown provenance;
accepted
to Category D), White-rumped Swift (single record from Ireland), Monk
Parakeet
(status being reviewed, feral population currently just under 100
individuals), Middle-spotted Woodpecker (1 record, East Kent), Northern
Flicker
(ship-assisted vagrant to Ireland), White Wagtail (considered distinct
from Pied
Wagtail), Amur Wagtail (considered distinct from Pied Wagtail; 3 vagrant
records),
Black-headed Wagtail (numerous records; considered distinct from Yellow
Wagtail), Eastern Yellow Wagtail (10+ records; considered distinct from
Yellow
Wagtail), Eastern Common Nightingale (3 records; taxonomic status
currently under
review), Siberian and Caspian Stonechats (both vagrants and both
considered
specifically distinct from Common Stonechat), Bicknell's Thrush (vagrant
on Scilly
1 record; considered distinct from Grey-cheeked Thrush), Red-throated
Thrush
(1 record in Essex; considered distinct from Black-throated Thrush),
Naumann's
Thrush (3 records; considered distinct from Dusky Thrush), Desert Lesser

Whitethroat (10+ records; considered distinct from Lesser/Siberian
Lesser
Whitethroats), Eastern Subalpine Warbler (regular vagrant; considered
distinct from
Western/Moltoni's Subalpine Warblers), Sykes's Booted Warbler (8+
records;
considered distinct from Booted Warbler), Siberian Chiffchaff
(considered distinct
from Common/Scandinavian Chiffchaffs), Two-barred Greenish and Green
Warbler
(both vagrants and both considered specifically distinct from Greenish
Warblers), Asiatic Brown Flycatcher (2 vagrant records), Mugimaki
Flycatcher (1 record
- considered vagrant), House Crow (ship-assisted records to Ireland),
Daurian
Starling (2 vagrant records), Mealy, Greenland and Scandinavian Arctic
Redpolls (5 species recognised by UK400 Club but may all relate to one
North-south
cline of single species), Pine Siskin (ship-assisted record), Field
Sparrow
(ship-assisted record), American Goldfinch (ship-assisted record in
Ireland -
still under review), Rusty Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird (several
records),
Brown Thrasher (ship-assisted record), Spotted Towhee (ship-assisted
record)
and Red-headed Bunting (numerous records; clear pattern of summer
vagrancy)

Lee G R Evans
British Birding Association
UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
Conservationist
Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
Rare Bird Alert:
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/_
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
ubBBA/)
Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
(http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)

Chaffinch House
8 Sandycroft Road
Little Chalfont
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
England
HP6 6QL
Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
(Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
occurrences in
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America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds Magazine
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Subject: Little Terns - Volunteers Needed!
From: Breffni Martin <bmartin AT REGINTEL.COM>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 13:36:25 +0100
The Little Terns at Baltray have begun prospecting for nest sites so the 
season for volunteer wardening is about to begin.

This year again we will be depending entirely on volunteers to make a 
success of the project, so anyone available to give any time whatsoever 
please contact me - email info AT louthnaturetrust.org or 
sandramckeever AT eircom.net, or phone/text me on 086 8625901.

The beach will need to be wardened from early morning - 5am, until late 
evening - 10pm, 7 days a week. This is a lot of time to get cover for, so if 
anyone is even able to offer a couple of hours the odd time it will all add 
up and hopefully relieve the massive pressure that was on some of the 
volunteers last year.

The volunteer effort really is vital to the success of the Little Terns, and 
we learned from last year that this needs to be in place as early on in the 
season as possible.

Look forward to hearing from you all!!!
__________________
www.louthnaturetrust.org 
Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: "jhobbs AT iol.ie" <jhobbs@IOL.IE>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 08:05:37 -0400
Snow Finch... Hastings Rarity surely?

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Dr Graham Saunders g.saunders AT QUB.AC.UK
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:58:40 +0100
To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Re: Differences ???


... And Snow Finch.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eamonn 
  To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:43 PM
  Subject: Re: Differences ???


  Hi Lee,
  Thanks very much for such a comprehensive reply. I'm sure others will
  find this very interesting also.

  Doc, maybe Black Woodpeckers don't cross big expanses of water. Just
  like Booted Eagle.

  eamonn

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
  Lee Evans
  Sent: 07 May 2008 12:25
  To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
  Subject: Re: Differences ???

  Eamonn

  I have just returned from China and just read your email. Not sure where
  you
  have found a BOU list stating the number of species recorded in the UK
  this
  year.

  The UK400 Club List of British and Irish birds has the following
  differences

  It does NOT recognise Feral Pigeon nor Scottish Parrot Crossbill, the
  latter
  considered an isolated form of Parrot Crossbill. Slender-billed Curlew
  is also
  not accepted (the most recent claim is considered to relate to Eurasian
  Curlew).

  Pacific Diver (considered distinct from BTD), Masked Booby (1-2
  records),
  Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (2 records of one individual), European
  White
  Pelican (several records), American Least Bittern (1 record), Chinese
  Pond Heron
  (Category D), Sacred Ibis (Category C vagrant from population in
  France),
  Greater Flamingo (several records considered genuine vagrants), Chilean
  Flamingo
  (Category C vagrant from feral population in Germany),  North American
  Whistling Swan (considered distinct from Bewick's Swan), Ross's Snow
  Goose (numerous
  records, vagrants from North America where species has undergone 71%
  increase
  in population; record 4 birds in 2007/8 winter), Greenland White-fronted
  Goose
  (considered distinct from Eurasian/Pacific), Tundra Bean Goose
  (considered
  distinct from Taiga Bean Goose), Pale-bellied Brent Goose and Black
  Brant (both
  considered specifically distinct from Dark-bellied Brent Goose), Ruddy
  Shelduck
  (mix of vagrants and Category C vagrants from Russia and elsewhere),
  Bar-headed Goose (Category C vagrant from feral populations in The
  Netherlands), North
  American Wood Duck (1 record - vagrant male in North Sea), Falcated Duck

  (numerous records - Category D), Marbled Duck (numerous records, clear
  pattern of
  vagrancy), Baikal Teal (several records, one at least on Category A),
  Cinnamon
  Teal (1 record considered vagrant - Outer Hebrides), White-winged Scoter
  (1
  record - NW Scotland), Hooded Merganser (numerous records, clear pattern
  of
  occurrence), White-headed Duck (numerous records including influx years;
  clear
  pattern of occurrence), Eurasian Black Vulture (1 record - considered
  Vagrant),
  North American Bald Eagle (1+ records), Booted Eagle (at least 4 records
  -
  considered vagrant), North American Hen Harrier (considered distinct
  from Hen
  Harrier), Red-shouldered Hawk (1 ship-assisted vagrant), Saker (records
  under
  consideration for recategoristaion - currently in Category E), Lady
  Amherst's
  Pheasant (Category C - 7 males still survive), Hudsonian Whimbrel
  (considered
  distinct from Eurasian Whimbrel), Caspian Gull (considered distinct from
  Herring
  Gull), Thayer's Gull (5 accepted records from Ireland; at least 4 others
  under
  review), North American Least Tern (1 record; considered distinct from
  Little
  Tern), Elegant Tern (at least 5 records), North American Black Tern (6+
  records mainly from Ireland; considered specifically distinct from Black
  Tern),
  Eurasian Eagle Owl (population of 44 pairs in UK of unknown provenance;
  accepted
  to Category D), White-rumped Swift (single record from Ireland), Monk
  Parakeet
  (status being reviewed, feral population currently just under 100
  individuals), Middle-spotted Woodpecker (1 record, East Kent), Northern
  Flicker
  (ship-assisted vagrant to Ireland), White Wagtail (considered distinct
  from Pied
  Wagtail), Amur Wagtail (considered distinct from Pied Wagtail; 3 vagrant
  records),
  Black-headed Wagtail (numerous records; considered distinct from Yellow
  Wagtail), Eastern Yellow Wagtail (10+ records; considered distinct from
  Yellow
  Wagtail), Eastern Common Nightingale (3 records; taxonomic status
  currently under
  review), Siberian and Caspian Stonechats (both vagrants and both
  considered
  specifically distinct from Common Stonechat), Bicknell's Thrush (vagrant
  on Scilly
  1 record; considered distinct from Grey-cheeked Thrush), Red-throated
  Thrush
  (1 record in Essex; considered distinct from Black-throated Thrush),
  Naumann's
  Thrush (3 records; considered distinct from Dusky Thrush), Desert Lesser

  Whitethroat (10+ records; considered distinct from Lesser/Siberian
  Lesser
  Whitethroats), Eastern Subalpine Warbler (regular vagrant; considered
  distinct from
  Western/Moltoni's Subalpine Warblers), Sykes's Booted Warbler (8+
  records;
  considered distinct from Booted Warbler), Siberian Chiffchaff
  (considered distinct
  from Common/Scandinavian Chiffchaffs), Two-barred Greenish and Green
  Warbler
  (both vagrants and both considered specifically distinct from Greenish
  Warblers), Asiatic Brown Flycatcher (2 vagrant records), Mugimaki
  Flycatcher (1 record
  - considered vagrant), House Crow (ship-assisted records to Ireland),
  Daurian
  Starling (2 vagrant records), Mealy, Greenland and Scandinavian Arctic
  Redpolls (5 species recognised by UK400 Club but may all relate to one
  North-south
  cline of single species), Pine Siskin (ship-assisted record), Field
  Sparrow
  (ship-assisted record), American Goldfinch (ship-assisted record in
  Ireland -
  still under review), Rusty Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird (several
  records),
  Brown Thrasher (ship-assisted record), Spotted Towhee (ship-assisted
  record)
  and Red-headed Bunting (numerous records; clear pattern of summer
  vagrancy)

  Lee G R Evans
  British Birding Association
  UK400 Club, Rare Birds Magazine, Ornithological Consultant and
  Conservationist
  Discussion Forum/Email Group: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/_

  (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK400Club/)
  Rare Bird Alert:
  _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
  ubBBA/_
  (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RareBirdAlertforBritainandIreland_UK400Cl
  ubBBA/)
  Email Address: LGREUK400 AT aol.com
  Website Address: _www.uk400clubonline.co.uk_
  (http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/)

  Chaffinch House
  8 Sandycroft Road
  Little Chalfont
  Amersham
  Buckinghamshire
  England
  HP6 6QL
  Telephones: 01494 763010 and 01494 581157
  Mobile/Text Alerts: 07881 906629
  (Lee Evans Enterprises incorporate documentation of rare bird
  occurrences in
  Britain & Ireland and elsewhere in the Western Palearctic and in North
  America; Rare Bird Information and Rare Bird Alerts; Rare Birds Magazine
  and other
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Subject: Re: Differences ???
From: Dr Graham Saunders <g.saunders AT QUB.AC.UK>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:58:40 +0100
... And Snow Finch.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eamonn 
  To: IBN-L AT listserv.heanet.ie 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:43 PM
  Subject: Re: Differences ???


  Hi Lee,
  Thanks very much for such a comprehensive reply. I'm sure others will
  find this very interesting also.

  Doc, maybe Black Woodpeckers don't cross big expanses of water. Just
  like Booted Eagle.

  eamonn

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Irish Bird Network [mailto:IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
  Lee Evans
  Sent: 07 May 2008 12:25
  To: IBN-L AT LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
  Subject: Re: Differences ???

  Eamonn

  I have just returned from China and just read your email. Not sure where
  you
  have found a BOU list stating the number of species recorded in the UK
  this
  year.

  The UK400 Club List of British and Irish birds has the following
  differences

  It does NOT recognise Feral Pigeon nor Scottish Parrot Crossbill, the
  latter
  considered an isolated form of Parrot Crossbill. Slender-billed Curlew
  is also
  not accepted (the most recent claim is considered to relate to Eurasian
  Curlew).

  Pacific Diver (considered distinct from BTD), Masked Booby (1-2
  records),
  Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (2 records of one individual), European
  White
  Pelican (several records), American Least Bittern (1 record), Chinese
  Pond Heron
  (Category D), Sacred Ibis (Category C vagrant from population in
  France),
  Greater Flamingo (several records considered genuine vagrants), Chilean
  Flamingo
  (Category C vagrant from feral population in Germany),  North American
  Whistling Swan (considered distinct from Bewick's Swan), Ross's Snow
  Goose (numerous
  records, vagrants from North America where species has undergone 71%
  increase
  in population; record 4 birds in 2007/8 winter), Greenland White-fronted
  Goose
  (considered distinct from Eurasian/Pacific), Tundra Bean Goose
  (considered
  distinct from Taiga Bean Goose), Pale-bellied Brent Goose and Black
  Brant (both
  considered specifically distinct from Dark-bellied Brent Goose), Ruddy
  Shelduck
  (mix of vagrants and Category C vagrants from Russia and elsewhere),
  Bar-headed Goose (Category C vagrant from feral populations in The
  Netherlands), North
  American Wood Duck (1 record - vagrant male in North Sea), Falcated Duck

  (numerous records - Category D), Marbled Duck (numerous records, clear
  pattern of
  vagrancy), Baikal Teal (several records, one at least on Category A),
  Cinnamon
  Teal (1 record considered vagrant - Outer Hebrides), White-winged Scoter
  (1
  record - NW Scotland), Hooded Merganser (numerous records, clear pattern
  of
  occurrence), White-headed Duck (numerous records including influx years;
  clear
  pattern of occurrence), Eurasian Black Vulture (1 record - considered
  Vagrant),
  North American Bald Eagle (1+ records), Booted Eagle (at least 4 records
  -
  considered vagrant), North American Hen Harrier (considered distinct
  from Hen
  Harrier), Red-shouldered Hawk (1 ship-assisted vagrant), Saker (records
  under
  consideration for recategoristaion - currently in Category E), Lady
  Amherst's
  Pheasant (Category C - 7 males still survive), Hudsonian Whimbrel
  (considered
  distinct from Eurasian Whimbrel), Caspian Gull (considered distinct from
  Herring
  Gull), Thayer's Gull (5 accepted records from Ireland; at least 4 others
  under
  review), North American Least Tern (1 record; considered distinct from
  Little
  Tern), Elegant Tern (at least 5 records), North American Black Tern (6+
  records mainly from Ireland; considered specifically d