Over the last while I have been
putting together an Unofficial Rathlin Island Bird List and so far I am up to
176 species. These have been gathered
from the most recent NIBA bird reports, Bird Atlas data, Nibirding Almanac
2009-2010, my own records and much appreciated help from Joe Hobbs. This still leaves a lot of glaring omissions from
the list and I am sure some of you are bound to have seen a few of them. If you have seen any of the species listed
below on or from Rathlin please drop me an email: nealwarnock@btinternet.com, leave
a message on the blog or Tweet me @NealWarnock - where you can also tune in for
birding updates from Rathlin and further afield. Thanks for your help.
Common or scarce species currently not on the Island List:
Mute Swan (!), Pintail, Shoveler,
Scaup, Long-tailed Duck, Grey Plover, Dotterel, Slavonian Grebe, Garganey,
Velvet Scoter, Smew, Green Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Spotted
Redshank, Ruff, Glaucous Gull, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Dipper, Waxwing, Pied
Flycatcher, Black Redstart, Long-tailed Tit, Treecreeper, Jay, Tree Sparrow,
Bewick’s Swan
There's a lot of new species there for you to bag this year Neal. I think we're all screwed!
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think I've been banging on about the place - compare this list to the list of rarities! And those are only the commoner ones missing - also no Pec, AGP, Buff-B's...
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