Since the NTBC (or Tyneside
Bird Club as it was then) took over sole authorship
of the Annual Report (Birds in Northumbria) from the
Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham &
Newcastle-upon Tyne in 1970, the membership of the County
Records Committee has been listed in the report (since
1971). All records of rare and scarce species in the
recording area have been assessed by the committee,
who have also studied all records included in the report,
and, who have on occasions, decided on nomenclature
for use in Bird Club publications. The CRC meets three
to four times a year and during the year assesses about
250+ records of rare or scarce birds for publication.
The current members (except for the chairman) serve
for a period of four years and retire by rotation.
Members of the
County Records Committee - 1970 to present.
The following list details the current
list of species that are considered by the committee
for publication in Birds in Northumbria. The list is
in three parts - Category A = species for which full
written details are required, preferably on a rare bird
record form (or that format followed), Category B =
species for which brief written details are required
and Category C = records of sub-species for which written
details are required to prove the id of the sub-species
claimed.
1. Category A - Full notes.
All species and subspecies considered
by the BBRC.
Any species or subspecies removed from the BBRC list
after publication of these notes.
Any species or subspecies not previously recorded in
the County.
Any record for which the CRC have asked for full details.
The species below.
Egyptian Goose,
American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Ferruginous Duck,Surf Scoter,
Cory's Shearwater, Great Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater,
Wilson's Petrel, Night Heron, Great White Egret, Purple Heron ,
Honey Buzzard, Black Kite,
White-tailed Eagle, Montagu's Harrier, Rough-legged Buzzard,
Hobby, Red-footed Falcon,
Spotted Crake, Corncrake, Crane, Stone Curlew,
Kentish Plover, American Golden Plover, Temminck's Stint,
Pectoral Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper,
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey
Phalarope, Sabine's Gull, Ring-billed Gull,
Yellow-legged Gull (all races), White-winged Black Tern,
Alpine Swift, Bee-eater,
Short-toed Lark, Woodlark,
Red-rumped Swallow, Richard's Pipit, Tawny Pipit,
Red-throated Pipit,
Water Pipit, Nightingale, Aquatic Warbler, Marsh Warbler,
Subalpine Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Radde's Warbler,
Dusky Warbler,
Crested Tit, Woodchat Shrike, Chough, Rose-coloured
Starling, Serin, Arctic Redpoll,
Ortolan Bunting, Rustic Bunting, Little Bunting.
2. Category B - Brief notes
Bean Goose (try
& identify to race), Snow Goose, Green-winged Teal,
Leach's Petrel,
Goshawk (coastal records only),
Dotterel, Long-tailed Skua (juvenile birds only),
Black Guillemot (away from the Farne Islands & Holy Island),
Bluethroat (autumn birds only),Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
Icterine Warbler, Barred Warbler,
Pallas's Warbler (Inland or Spring birds only),
Yellow-browed Warbler (Inland or Spring birds only), Red-breasted
Flycatcher, Bearded Tit, Golden Oriole, Great Grey Shrike,
Common Rosefinch.
3. Category C - Subspecies - notes
as appropriate to confirm identification (3).
Cormorant P.c.sinensis (1), Lesser Black-backed
Gull L.f.intermedius & L.f.fuscus, Herring Gull
subspecies other than L.a.argenteus & L.a.argentatus,
'Northern' Great Spotted Woodpecker D.m.major, 'Scandinavian'
Rock Pipit A.p.littoralis, Yellow Wagtail subspecies
other than M.f.flava & M.f.flavissima, 'White' Wagtail
M.a.alba (Autumn only), 'Black-bellied' Dipper C.c.cinclus,
'White-spotted' Bluethroat L.s.cyanecula, 'Siberian'
Lesser Whitethroat S.c.blythi, Chiffchaff subspecies
other than P.c.collybita (2), 'Northern' Willow Warbler
P.t.acredula, 'Northern' Treecreeper C.f.familiaris,
Jackdaw subspecies other than C.m.spermologus, 'Northern'
Bullfinch P.p.Pyrrhula.
PLEASE REMEMBER, THE COUNTY RECORDS COMMITTEE CAN REQUEST
A DESCRIPTION FOR ANY RECORD AT ANY TIME.
And finally…..
If observers can remember to send in notes ASAP after
the record (with the months record cards perhaps), it
would make the committee's task of record assessment
for the annual report a lot quicker and easier. If no
notes are received then the record cannot be included
in Birds in Northumbria! Thank you.
Tim Dean - April 2007 |
