BIRD RECORDING

All interesting bird records, whether rare or not, can be submitted to the county recorder. Submissions can be made on a series of record slips (available on request), by letter or preferably by email. For county rarities (Category A species) it is preferred if submissions are made by completing the Rarities Submission Form.

The Worcestershire County Bird Recorder is:

Brian Stretch

13 Pitmaston Road

St Johns

Worcester

WR2 4HY

Telephone: 01905 423417

Email: info@worcesterbirding.co.uk or

worcs-recorder@westmidlandbirdclub.com

Please note: Ideally any document attachments should be in Microsoft Word, Works or Excel

Request for your bird sightings in 2007

Please send your bird sightings for 2007 as soon as possible and ideally by no later than 30 June 2008. Of particular interest are counts of wintering passerines, including thrushes, pipits, larks, wagtails, finches and buntings, plus flocks of waders, gulls and waterfowl. Any breeding bird data, i.e. counts of singing males in one particular area, or records from nest box schemes are also of interest. Also submit descriptions of any unusual birds you’ve encountered in the county. Some birds are particularly scarce or rare in the county and are listed as Category A or Category B species. The lack of an acceptable description may lead to records being rejected. A much more detailed description will be required for difficult to identify species, e.g. Caspian Gull and Ring-billed Gull than for example, a White Stork. Please note that there have been a number of changes to the species included on Categories A and B and these will apply to all records from 1 January 2007. In addition, written descriptions are also required for scarce sub-species/races, including limosa race Black-tailed Godwit, Scandinavian Rock Pipit, flava race wagtails, autumn White Wagtails, Greenland Wheatear and Chiffchaff races. See below for the complete county list and the current status of each species.

Category A - these species require a full written description to confirm that the correct identification has been achieved. 

	Species	Category
1	Mute Swan	-
2	Bewick's Swan	A
3	Whooper Swan	A
4	Bean Goose	A
5	Pink-footed Goose	A
6	White-fronted Goose	A
7	Greylag Goose	-
8	Canada Goose	-
9	Barnacle Goose	C
10	Brent Goose	A
11	Egyptian Goose	B
12	Shelduck	-
13	Mandarin	C
14	Wigeon	-
15	American Wigeon*	A
16	Gadwall	-
17	Teal	-
18	Green-winged Teal	A
19	Mallard	-
20	Pintail	C
21	Garganey	B
22	Blue-winged Teal	A
23	Shoveler	-
24	Red-crested Pochard	B
25	Pochard	-
26	Ring-necked Duck	A
27	Ferruginous Duck	A
28	Tufted Duck	-
29	Scaup	B
30	Lesser Scaup	A
31	Eider	A
32	Long-tailed Duck	A
33	Common Scoter	B
34	Surf Scoter	A
35	Velvet Scoter	A
36	Goldeneye	-
37	Smew	A
38	Red-breasted Merganser	A
39	Goosander	C
40	Ruddy Duck	-
41	Black Grouse (extinct)	A
42	Red-legged Partridge	-
43	Grey Partridge	C
44	Quail	A
45	Pheasant	-
46	Red-throated Diver	A
47	Black-throated Diver	A
48	Great Northern Diver	A
49	Little Grebe	-
50	Great Crested Grebe	-
51	Red-necked Grebe	A
52	Slavonian Grebe	A
53	Black-necked Grebe	A
54	Fulmar	A
55	Manx Shearwater	A
56	Storm Petrel	A
57	Leach's Petrel	A
58	Gannet	A
59	Cormorant	-
60	Shag	A
61	Bittern	A
62	Little Bittern	A
63	Night Heron	A
64	Squacco Heron*	A
65	Cattle Egret	A
66	Little Egret	C
67	Great White Egret	A
68	Grey Heron	-
69	Purple Heron	A
70	Black Stork	A
71	White Stork	A
72	Spoonbill	A
73	Honey Buzzard	A
74	Black Kite	A
75	Red Kite	B
76	White-tailed Eagle	A
77	Marsh Harrier	A
78	Hen Harrier	A
79	Montagu's Harrier	A
80	Goshawk	A
81	Sparrowhawk	-
82	Buzzard	-
83	Rough-legged Buzzard	A
84	Osprey	A
85	Kestrel	-
86	Red-footed Falcon	A
87	Merlin	B
88	Hobby	C
89	Peregrine	C
90	Water Rail	C
91	Spotted Crake	A
92	Corncrake	A
93	Moorhen	-
94	Coot	-
95	Common Crane	A
96	Great Bustard	A
97	Oystercatcher	C
98	Black-winged Stilt	A
99	Avocet	A**
100	Stone Curlew	A
101	Collared Pratincole	A
102	Little Ringed Plover	C
103	Ringed Plover	C
104	Kentish Plover	A
105	Dotterel	A
106	Golden Plover	C
107	Grey Plover	A
108	Lapwing	-
109	Knot	B
110	Sanderling	B
111	Little Stint	B
112	Temminck's Stint	A
113	Least Sandpiper	A
114	White-rumped Sandpiper	A
115	Pectoral Sandpiper	A
116	Curlew Sandpiper	B
117	Purple Sandpiper	A
118	Dunlin	C
119	Ruff	C
120	Jack Snipe	C
121	Snipe	-
122	Long-billed Dowitcher	A
123	Woodcock	C
124	Black-tailed Godwit	C
125	Bar-tailed Godwit	B
126	Whimbrel	B
127	Curlew	-
128	Spotted Redshank	B
129	Redshank	-
130	Greenshank	C
131	Green Sandpiper	C
132	Wood Sandpiper	A
133	Common Sandpiper	C
134	Turnstone	B
135	Wilson's Phalarope	A
136	Red-necked Phalarope	A
137	Grey Phalarope	A
138	Pomarine Skua	A
139	Arctic Skua	A
140	Long-tailed Skua	A
141	Great Skua	A
142	Mediterranean Gull	C
143	Laughing Gull	A
144	Little Gull	B
145	Sabine's Gull	A
146	Black-headed Gull	-
147	Ring-billed Gull	A
148	Common Gull	-
149	Lesser Black-backed Gull	-
150	Caspian Gull	A
151	Yellow-legged Gull	C
152	Herring Gull	-
153	Iceland Gull	A
154	Glaucous Gull	A
155	Great Black-backed Gull	C
156	Kittiwake	B
157	Little Tern	A
158	Caspian Tern	A
159	Whiskered Tern	A
160	Black Tern	B
161	White-winged Black Tern	A
162	Sandwich Tern	A
163	Common Tern	-
164	Roseate Tern	A
165	Arctic Tern	B
166	Razorbill	A
167	Little Auk	A
168	Puffin	A
169	Pallas's Sandgrouse	A
170	Stock Dove	-
171	Woodpigeon	-
172	Collared Dove	-
173	Turtle Dove	C
174	Ring-necked Parakeet	A
175	Cuckoo	-
176	Barn Owl	-
177	Little Owl	-
178	Tawny Owl	-
179	Long-eared Owl	A
180	Short-eared Owl	B
181	Tengmalm's Owl	A
182	Nightjar	A
183	Swift	-
184	Alpine Swift	A
185	Kingfisher	-
186	Bee-eater	A
187	Hoopoe	A
188	Wryneck	A
189	Green Woodpecker	-
190	Great Spotted Woodpecker	-
191	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	C
192	Woodlark	A
193	Skylark	-
194	Shorelark	A
195	Sand Martin	-
196	Swallow	-
197	House Martin	-
198	Red-rumped Swallow	A
199	Richard's Pipit	A
200	Tree Pipit	C
201	Meadow Pipit	-
202	Rock Pipit	B
203	Water Pipit	A
204	Yellow Wagtail	C
205	Grey Wagtail	-
206	Pied Wagtail	-
207	Waxwing	A
208	Dipper	C
209	Wren	-
210	Dunnock	-
211	Robin	-
212	Nightingale	C
213	Bluethroat	A
214	Black Redstart	A
215	Redstart	C
216	Whinchat	C
217	Stonechat	C
218	Wheatear	C
219	Pied Wheatear*	A
220	Ring Ouzel	C
221	Blackbird	-
222	Dusky Thrush	A
223	Black-throated Thrush	A
224	Fieldfare	-
225	Song Thrush	-
226	Redwing	-
227	Mistle Thrush	-
228	Cetti's Warbler	A**
229	Grasshopper Warbler	C
230	Savi's Warbler	A
231	Aquatic Warbler	A
232	Sedge Warbler	-
233	Marsh Warbler	A
234	Reed Warbler	-
235	Icterine Warbler	A
236	Blackcap	-
237	Garden Warbler	C
238	Lesser Whitethroat	-
239	Whitethroat	-
240	Dartford Warbler	A
241	Pallas's Warbler	A
242	Yellow-browed Warbler	A
243	Wood Warbler	C
244	Chiffchaff	-
245	Willow Warbler	-
246	Goldcrest	-
247	Firecrest	A
248	Spotted Flycatcher	C
249	Pied Flycatcher	C
250	Bearded Tit	A
251	Long-tailed Tit	-
252	Blue Tit	-
253	Great Tit	-
254	Coal Tit	-
255	Willow Tit	A
256	Marsh Tit	C
257	Nuthatch	-
258	Treecreeper	-
259	Golden Oriole	A
260	Red-backed Shrike	A
261	Lesser Grey Shrike	A
262	Great Grey Shrike	A
263	Woodchat Shrike	A
264	Jay	-
265	Magpie	-
266	Chough	A
267	Jackdaw	-
268	Rook	-
269	Carrion Crow	-
270	Hooded Crow	A
271	Raven	-
272	Starling	-
273	Rose-coloured Starling	A
274	House Sparrow	-
275	Tree Sparrow	C
276	Chaffinch	-
277	Brambling	C
278	Serin	A
279	Greenfinch	-
280	Goldfinch	-
281	Siskin	C
282	Linnet	-
283	Twite	A
284	Mealy Redpoll	A
285	Lesser Redpoll	C
286	Arctic Redpoll	A
287	Two-barred Crossbill	A
288	Crossbill	C
289	Bullfinch	-
290	Hawfinch	C
291	Lapland Bunting*	A
292	Snow Bunting	A
293	Pine Bunting	A
294	Yellowhammer	-
295	Cirl Bunting (extinct)	A
296	Rustic Bunting	A
297	Little Bunting	A
298	Reed Bunting	-
299	Corn Bunting	C

* subject to acceptance by the relevant rarities committee

** away from Upton Warren