Records Sub-committee - species

Greenish Warbler (© M Newsome)
2005 was a record year in the county.

Here is a breakdown of the species considered by the Records Sub-committee. 

Cat 1 Requires full description (new form)
Cat 2 Does not require description but species is reviewed as a whole by RSC to decide if records are a reasonable representation of the species in the last year
+ Additions to the list (since the last published DBC list)
* Additions from 1 Jan 2006 due to removal from BBRC list

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Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus + Cat 2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis Cat 1
Mandarin Duck (female) Aix galericulata Cat 2
American Wigeon Anas americana Cat 1
Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis Cat 1
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris + Cat 1
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca * Cat 1
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Cat 1
Willow Ptarmigan (Red Grouse) Lagopus lagopus + Cat 2 Away from 'normal' areas
Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix + Cat 2 Away from 'normal' areas
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Cat 1
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis Cat 1
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Cat 2
Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Cat 2
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cat 1
Great Egret Ardea alba * Cat 1
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Cat 1
White Stork Ciconia ciconia Cat 2
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Cat 2
Black Kite Milvus migrans * Cat 1
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Cat 1
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Cat 2
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Cat 2
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Cat 2
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus * Cat 1
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Cat 2
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Cat 2
Corn Crake Crex crex Cat 2
Common Crane Grus grus Cat 2
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Cat 1
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Cat 1
Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus Cat 2
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica * Cat 1
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Cat 2
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis * Cat 1
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Cat 1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Cat 1
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Cat 1
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Cat 2
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Cat 2
Sabine`s Gull Larus sabini Cat 2
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Cat 1
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Cat 2
Kumlien's Gull Larus g. kumlieni + Cat 1
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus * Cat 1
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Cat 2
Alpine Swift Apus melba * Cat 1
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster + Cat 1
Hoopoe Upupa epops Cat 2
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Cat 2
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla + Cat 1
Wood Lark Lullula arborea + Cat 1
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica * Cat 1
Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Cat 2
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Cat 1
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus * Cat 1
Rock Pipit (Scandinavian) Anthus petrosus littoralis Cat 2
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Cat 1 Category 2 for records from Tees marshes where birds regularly winter
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Cat 1 Except f. flavissima and f. flava
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos + Cat 2 Cat 1 - non-singing
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Cat 2
White-spotted Bluethroat Luscinia svecica cyanecula + Cat 1
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Cat 1
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola + Cat 1
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Cat 1
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Cat 2
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Cat 1
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria Cat 2
Lesser Whitethroat (Eastern) Sylvia curruca sp. + Cat 1
Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans * Cat 1
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides * Cat 1
Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Cat 2
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Cat 2 Full details for any after mid November
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi * Cat 1
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus * Cat 1
Chiffchaff (Siberian) Phylloscopus collybita tristis + Cat 1
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Cat 2
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Cat 2
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus + Cat 2 Away from Tees Marshes
Coal Tit (Continental) Periparus ater ater + Cat 2
Treecreeper (Northern) Certhia familiaris familiaris + Cat 1
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Cat 2
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Cat 2
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Cat 2
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Cat 1
Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus Cat 1
European Serin Serinus serinus + Cat 1
Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea + Cat 2
Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni * Cat 1
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Cat 2
Bullfinch (Northern) Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula + Cat 1
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Cat 1
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana Cat 1
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica * Cat 1
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Cat 1