The BBRC issued a new work in progress on 31st March which was a a little overdue after the last update back in June last year. The report contains very little in the way of surprises or even real updates to be honest but I find running over the report on the blog helps me digest it so enjoy my brief summary if you please otherwise read the full report at the BBRC web page or if you prefer ignore the report and this summary.
The big one that I'm waiting for remains the Eastern Black-eared Wheatear record which has been moved from IC (in circulation) to PEND (pending) no explanation has been given at this point but I guess it means the committee members are finally going to discuss the record at least I hope that's what it means.
As for other news the Sennen Paddyfield Pipit has been put into Cat D until a later review when they decide if it makes it into Cat A (wild vagrant) or Cat E. (escapee)
Two interesting records have been Ok'd and sent to BOURC these are Long-legged Buzzard and Eastern Siberian Wagtail.
A dated record from 2007 in Norfolk (Subalpine Warbler sp.) has been reviewed and now becomes Moltoni's Warbler sadly before my twitching days or that may well have been a nice armchair tick.
My home county of Essex sadly saw nothing OK'd on this report.
As for aged acceptance well the oldest OK was for a Blue-winged Teal dating back to 1982 on Lewis and a Hampshire Red-footed Falcon has been accepted after almost twenty years. A Kent Short-toed Treecreeper has been accepted from 2010 and a Hampshire Long-toed Stint from 2011 has also been revisited and OK'd much to the delight of many with this being the same bird later seen in Sussex.
Ten records made the not proven list including the Pechora Pipit from Winterton that had several people looking for it on the day of the report and would have had me twitching if refound and confirmed.
Now for the bit that always interests me.....THE DATED IN CIRCULATION STUFF!
Oldest record still in circulation goes to a Northern Treecreeper from 1959 at Spurn.
In total 65 records exist in the IC file from 1959 to 2020
As for Essex well the interest here lies with the 2002 Syke's Warbler from Dengie and also of interest is the report of Black-eared Kite dating back to 2009/2010 from Rhayader
2019 still has six birds in circulation notably the Kent Pied Crow which remains on this list whilst 2021 still has hundreds of records in circulation. In terms of Essex there are a couple of surprises on the list with a reported Long-legged Buzzard over Tiptree on 30th March last year and a Lesser Scaup reported at Hainault Park on 27th December along with Brunnich's Guillemot past Bradwell another surprise. Black Stork and Red-breasted Goose make up the rest of the IC records for Essex and should prove a little easier to get OK'd.
Well I enjoyed that in a geeky data loving kind of way.
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