UK species to date

With the addition of 7 new species [Spotted Crake at Shoreham Beach, West Sussex; Atlantic Puffin; Sand Martin (10+ mainly in SW; House Martin (Cornwall); PALLAS'S LEAF WARBLER near Bere Regis, Dorset; PENDULINE TIT at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk and ROSE-COLOURED STARLING, Isle of Wight], the total number of species now recorded in Britain and Ireland in 2008 rises to 265