Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2010: Mark Holling and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel

摘要

This, the 37th report of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (RBBP), includes details of 94 species or distinctive" races that bred (or showed signs of breeding) in the UK in 2010, which turned out to be a particularly good year for rare breeding birds. That total is eight more than in 2009, although five new species (Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus, Long-eared Owl Asio otis, Short-eared Owl A. flammeus, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Den-drocopos minor and Willow Tit Poecile montana) were added to the RBBP list with effect from the 2010 season (www.rbbp.org. uk/rbbp-species-list-full). Two species are new to these reports (Great White Egret Ardea alba and Long-tailed Skua S. longicaudus) and a further eight had not been reported in 2009: Pink-footed Goose Anser brachy-rhynchus, Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli, Purple Heron Ardea purpurea, Marmora's Warbler Sylvia sarda, Subalpine Warbler S. cantillans, Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta, Fieldfare Turdus pilaris and Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus. A further five potential breeding species are listed in Appendix 1.