Mon Apr 7 – UK total bird species

Mon Apr 7, 2008 3:58 pm

In the past week, a total of 18 additional species have been recorded in Britain and Ireland including two today – a party of 3 BLACK-WINGED STILTS in West Cornwall and Kent’s 2nd-ever SLATE-COLORED JUNCO – as well as Cory’s Shearwater, PURPLE HERON (Somerset), WHITE STORK, Eurasian Hobby, Dotterel, WHISKERED TERN, Cuckoo, EURASIAN EAGLE OWL, RED-RUMPED SWALLOW (Suffolk), Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Common Redstart, Grasshopper Warbler, Western Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat and Pied Flycatcher.

The total for 2008 now surges forward to 296 species