Records
Yellow-nosed Albatross
01 July 2007
British birders were left somewhat in shock with the news of another new British species. On Friday 29th June, a sub-adult Yellow-nosed Albatross was apparently picked up on Brean Down, Somerset. It was taken to a nearby animal rescue centre, kept overnight and released the following day. It appears that no birders were aware of this turn of events until Sunday 1st July! Sea-watching will presumably be a popular pastime in the Bristol Channel over the next few days...
Read more courtesy of Burnham-on-Sea.com.
UPDATE: The tale of the albatross gets stranger! It is claimed that a Yellow-nosed Albatross was present on a small fishing lake at Manton in North Lincs on 3rd & 4th July, apparently being photographed by fishermen (see the Lincs Bird Club website. News only came out on 11th July. If this albatross was indeed photographed at this site, then it suggests that the bird might reappear again.
Note that Yellow-nosed Albatross has been recorded off Norway and Sweden during the last few weeks also. The number of individuals involved is not entirely clear. Whilst it is just about possible that all records refer to the same bird, it seems more likely that at least two birds are in north-west Europe at present.
.jpg "Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)")
White-tailed Lapwing
05 June 2007
A White-tailed Lapwing has been found at WWT Caerlaverock. As this is the first British record for 23 years, a large gathering seems inevitable. A quick check of BUBO Listing shows that, as of time of writing (11:00 on 6th June), only two BUBO Listers have White-tailed Lapwing on their British Lists (BOU). How many more lists will this feature on by the end of the day?
The previous records are from Warwickshire (1975 - 7 days), Dorset (1979 - 1 day), Durham (1984 - 1 day) and Shropshire (1984 - 2 days). Might not be sensible to assume it will hang around too long...
Update 22:30 Mon 18th June:
White-tailed Lapwing now recorded by 40 BUBO listers, following a good weekend showing at Leighton Moss.
BOU admits Long-billed Murrelet to British List
30 May 2007
The records committee of the British Ornithologists' Union (BOURC) has admitted to category A of the British List the Long-billed Murrelet present at Dawlish, Devon, from 7th-14th November 2006. Given the number of observers, the quality of the photos of this bird, its previous vagrancy history (in North America and in Switzerland!) and the absence of this species from captivity, this decision was perhaps not a huge surprise!
.jpg "Long-billed Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)")
-2.jpg "Long-billed Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)")
BUBO Listing has, up until now, allowed records of this species on all British List authorities as a "provisional" species. The "provisional" status has now been removed from BOU and our "official British & Irish" authorities. The species is still treated as provisional on UK400 club and Birdwatch magazine based lists, until such time as new information comes to light (please contact us if you can update this).
See the BOU press release.
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