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The list of British birds published by Birdwatch Magazine, and produced by Dominic Mitchell and Keith Vinicombe. The list was published initially in 2006, and then updated in 2008. This list is somewhat more liberal than that of the BOU but more conservative than the one produced by the UK400 club. As a relatively new list, albeit a carefully thought-out one, the jury is still out as to its uptake by British birders.

Although the list applies to Britain, it does contain an appendix covering additional species recorded only in Ireland. As a result, the Birdwatch authority can be used for lists in Britain & Ireland or smaller units (i.e. countries and counties) of this area.

The main updates in the second edition of this list (March 2008) are the addition of Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica, Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos, Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias, Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata, Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens, Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix, Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum (and Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis in Ireland), the splitting of Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius and Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis, and the removal of Amur Falcon Falco amurensis and Brown Skua Stercorarius antarctica.

Species currently considered as comprising the Birdwatch List for BUBO Listing purposes are shown below.