UK400 Club UK and Eire life list form
February 16, 2008
The official UK400 Club UK and Eire life list form ( .xls - Excel Spreadsheet) has been updated, please download the latest version.
List of Birds of the Western Palearctic
February 16, 2008
The January 2008 edition of the UK400Club/BBA List of Birds of the Western Palearctic has just been published and contains a number of changes and additions as follows…
Desertas Petrel - this is the new name given to Fea’s Soft-plumaged Petrel
Cape Verde Storm Petrel Oceanodroma jabejabe - considered separate species to Madeiran Petrel
Intermediate Egret becomes Yellow-billed Egret
Little, Sabine’s, Black-headed, Brown-headed and Grey-headed Gull scientific name change
Long-billed Crested Lark Galerida macrorhyncha - considered separate species to Crested Lark (includes randonii)
Varied Thrush - scientific name chang
Gran Canaria Blue Tit - new taxon
Willow Tit - scientific name change
North African Blue-eared Magpie - new taxon
Pale Rockfinch - name change (previously Pale Rock Sparrow
Egyptian Nile Swallow - new taxon
North American Barn Swallow - new taxon
Egyptian Yellow Wagtail - new taxon
Scrub Warblers - two species now recognise
Madeiran Chafffinch - considered separate from North African Chaffinch
Download ( .xls - Excel Spreadsheet) - List of Birds of the Western Palearctic
Life lists updated
February 4, 2008
The UK400 Club UK and Ireland - Combined Life List Totals - As at 31st JANUARY 2008
This delightful White-crowned Sparrow in Cley village (Norfolk) from 3rd January until at least 31st January 2008 represented a new bird for over 3,000 British birders, including those listed below in the UK400 Club Life List rankings
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UK year and county lists updated
January 4, 2008
UK 2007 county list updated to December 31st 2007
With 9 of the top ten places occupied by Norfolk birders, log in to see who saw came out top in 2007.
UK400 Club 2007 Year List Totals as at
Members can download updated lists from the Members Area
List Updates
December 4, 2007
UK400 Club UK Life and Year lists updated up to an including December 4th 2007
UK400 Club 2007 Year List Totals as at 21ST NOVEMBER 2007
A total of 434 Species have been recorded in Britain and Ireland thus far in 2007
Members can download updated lists from the members area
Life List updates
November 5, 2007
UK400 Club Life lists updated up to and including Mourning Dove and Greenland Redpoll, North Uist.
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ACCEPTED Ruddy Shelducks for 2007
October 11, 2007
The following Ruddy Shelducks are ACCEPTED for 2007 -:
Portland Bill (Dorset) 3 flew North on 27th July
Keyhaven Harbour (Hants) 31st July & 19th August; also at Christchurch Harbour (Dorset) on 1st August and Selsey/Bracklesham (West Sussex) from 4th-10th August
Minsmere RSPB (Suffolk), 6 juveniles, 10th August, same, Paxton Pits NR (Cambs) 11th August and at Kinsham Pit/Bredon’s Hardwick (Worcs) from 12th-17th August.
Southwold (Suffolk), 11 flew North, 16th August
Holland Haven then Tollesbury Creek (Essex), 3 juveniles, 18th August, same, Wickham Market (Suffolk) on 27th August and at Salthouse (Norfolk) on 2nd September.
Baston’Langtoft Pits (Lincs), eight, 7th October
The following Ruddy Shelducks are NOT ACCEPTED (treated as escapes) -:
Little Marlow GP (Bucks), pair, 1st January to 1st September
Southwold (Suffolk) 20th-26th January, presumed same, Livermere Lake 27th April and Minsmere RSPB on 15th July
Cam Washes/Wicken Fen & environs (Cambs) 16th March intermittently to 20th June
Croxden Quarry (Staffs), pair, 20th-24th May, presumed same, Thrapston GP (Northants) 19th June, Summerleys NR (Northants) 23rd June, Methley Quarry (West Yorks) 15th July and Wernffrwd (Gower)/Gwendraeth Estuary (Carmarthen) 16th July-5th August.
Weston Sewage Works (Somerset) 21st May, presumed same, Steart/Axe Estuary, 30th July to 4th August.
Cley NWT (Norfolk), pair, 8th June.
Tetney Haven (North Lincs) 21st June, presumed same, Gibraltar Point NR on 31st August and Freiston Shore RSPB on 2nd September
Singleton Lake, Ashford (Kent) 14th July to 11th August
Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt (Oxfordshire), pair, 28th August
Kent Estuary, Halforth (Cumbria) 10th August, presumed same, Neumann’s Flash/Marbury CP (Cheshire) from 5th September to 1st October
Year lists updated
September 17, 2007
UK400 Club 2007 Year List Totals as at 17TH SEPTEMBER 2007
Total of 408 Species have been recorded in Britain and Ireland thus far in 2007
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