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Argyll Bird Report 17 2000 Cover Picture LESSER YELLOWLEGS Ulva Lagoons (Loch Sween), October ZOO0 (see p.63) Photograph by kind permission of Bill Jackson The Seventeenth ARGYLL BIRD REPORT With Systematic List for the year 2000 Edited by J.C.A. Craik Assisted by Paul Daw Systematic List by Paul Daw Published by the Argyll Bird Club (Scottish Charity Number SC008782) Copyright: Argyll Bird Club I ABOUT THE ARGYLL BIRD CLUB The Argyll Bird Club was formed in 1985. Its main purpose is to play an active part in the promotion of ornithology in Argyll, It is recognised by the Inland Revenue as a charity in Scotland. The Club holds two one-day meetings each year, in spring and autumn. The venue of the spring meeting is rotated between different towns, including Dunoon, Oban, Lochgilphead and Tarbert. The autumn meeting and AGM are held in a conveniently central location, usually Lochgilphead or Inveraray, The Club organises field trips for members. It also publishes the annual Ar& Bird Report and a quarterly members’ newsletter The Eider, which includes details of club activities, reports from meetings and field trips, and articles by members and others. Each year the subscription entitles you to the Argyll Bird Report, four issues of The Eider, and free admission to the two annual meetings. There are four kinds of membership. Current rates (at I January 2001) are: Ordinary €10 Junior (under 17) f3 Family E15 Corporate €25 Subscriptions (by cheque or by standing order) are due on I January, Anyone joining after I October is covered until the end of the following year. Further information can be obtainedpom the Membership Secre faty Mrs Pam Staley, 16 Glengilp, Ardrishaig, Argyll PA30 SHT Further copies of this report can be obrainedfrom: Bill Staley, 16 Glengilp, Ardrishaig, Argyll PA30 SIIT Price E5 including postage. Some prevrous annual Argyll Bird Reports are also available at C4 including postage. 2 Argyll Bird Club Officials and Committee as at 1 January 2002 Chairman: Nigel Scriven, 2 Allt na Blathaich, Loch Eck, Dunoon PA23 8SG. Secretary: John Anderson, Ard Beag, Connel PA37 IPT. Treasurer: Prof. Bob Furness, The Cnoc, Tarbet, Loch Lomondside G83 7DG. Membership Secretary: Mrs Pam Staley, 16 Glengilp, Ardrishaig PA30 8HT. Committee: Roger Broad, Dr Clive Craik, Arthur French, Peter Kirk, Jane Mitchell, Dr Steve Petty, John Simpson, Bill Staley, David Wood. Argyll Bird Records Committee: Dr Tristan ap Rheinallt, Roger Broad, Paul Daw, David Jardine, Alan Leitch, Dr Malcolm Ogilvie. Editor ofArgyll Bird Report: Dr Clive Craik, Grendon, Barcaldine, Oban PA37 ISG. Editor of Newsletter (The Eider): Nigel Scriven, 2 Allt na Blathaich, Dunoon PA23 8SG. Other useful addresses S.O.C. Recorder for Argyll: Paul Daw, Tigh-na-Tulloch, Tullochgorm, Minard, Inveraray PA32 8YQ. Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) Organiser for Argyll: Dr Malcolm Ogilvie, Glencairn, Bruichladdich, Isle of Islay PA49 7UN. B.T.O. Representatives for Argyll: North Ar&l including Mid/, Col1 and Tiree: Richard Evans, East Croft, Lochdon, Isle of Mull PA64 6AF. Islay, Jura and Colonsay: Dr Malcolm Ogilvie (address above). South Argyll and Gigha: David Wood, Drover’s House, Bellanoch, Lochgilphead PA3 1 SSN. R.S.P.B. Conservation Officer, Argyll & Bute: Roger Broad, 6 Birch Road, Killearn, Glasgow G63 9SQ. 3 Contents Editorial 5 JCA. Craik Systematic List for 2000 6 Paul Daw Divers & grebes 23-24 Fulmar, shearwaters, petrels 25-27 Gannet, cormorants, egret, heron 28-29 Swans 29-30 Geese 30-35 Ducks 35-45 RaDtors 45-48 &me birds 48-49 Rails 49-51 Waders 51-64 Skuas, gulls, terns 65-73 Auks 73-75 Pigeons & doves 75-76 Cuckoo &owls 76-78 Nightjar, swift, kingfisher, hoopoe, woodpeckers 78-79 Skylark, swallows, pipits, wagtails 79-84 Waxwing to wheatears 84-87 Ring ousel, thrushes 87-89 Warblers 89-92 Goldcrest, flycatchers, tits, treecreeper 92-94 Crows 94-97 Starling, sparrow, finches 97-102 Buntings 102- 104 Escapes & introductions 104- 105 Bird recording in Argyll - guidelines for observers 109 Paul Daw White-rumped Sandpiper on Islay, 13 August 2000 -the first Argyll record 118 Trislan ap Rhinal11 Editorial First, my sincere apologies for the very late appearance of this issue of Argylr Bird Reporr. There are two reasons for this. The main one is the greatly increased number of records that the Recorder, Paul Daw, now has to process each year. Paul is doing his best to keep up with these by trying to recruit more people to help him with the many routine but very important tasks - see Paul’s article in the last Eider (Jan 2002). If Paul does not receive this help, bird-recording in Argyll as we have come to know it through his and his predecessors’ unstinting efforts may well have to change very soon. This may be the last time that such an interesting and detailed Systematic List appears. The second reason is that records are being sent to the Recorder later each year. Many members will remember the time, in the mid-I990s, when the Argyll Bird Report regularly appeared in time for the autumn meeting of the club. In those days, the strict deadline by which bird records for each year had to reach the county recorder was March of the following year. This three-month period was always enough, and this deadline was strictly observed. This gave the recorder time to compose the Systematic List, the main item of the report, by the end of the summer. The production time from completion of the Systematic List to issue of the report was and still is always about two months. This happy state of affairs gradually decayed. Records were sent to the recorder later and later. In the late 1990s, they often did not reach him until midsummer of the following year and, at the same time, the number of records increased year by year. The result was that the report did not appear until almost the end of each year. This year there has been an enormous disruption to a timetable that had already slipped. Most records for 2000 were submitted in good time, but one large batch did not reach the recorder until midwinter 2001-2002. It is a great tribute to Paul that he still managed to complete the long and detailed Systematic List for 2000 by March 2002, making May 2002 the expected time of issue of this report. Clearly this state of affairs is unacceptable to the Club. The committee have asked that the next edition of AgyffBird Report (with records for year 2001) should be issued by the end of 2002. To make this happen, we are now asking that all bird records for 2001 should be sent to the Recorder bv midsummer of 2002, please. Provided that substantial heln is forthcoming with the nrocessine of records, this will give Paul time to produce the Systematic List by September. With the usual period for editing and printing, the next report will appear by the end of 2002. This will not happen unless everyone sticks to these deadlines. Very many thanks to Paul for his huge efforts in producing another excellent Systematic List under increasingly difficult conditions, and to Tristan ap Rheinallt for his report of a first record for Argyll. As before, I (and no doubt other readers) would also welcome articles from other contributors! Special thanks to Bill Jackson for the superb cover picture of the Lesser Yellowlegs that briefly stayed in Argyll in 2000. J C A Craik Editor Argyll Bird Report (April 2002) 5 Argyll Bird Report (2001) 17: 6-108 Systematic list for 2000 Paul Daw Ti&-na-Tulloch, Minard, Inveraray, Argyll, PA32 8YQ Tel. 01546 886240 e-mail: [email protected] Introduction The systematic list below includes entries for 215 species, not including escapes or races (cftotals of 222 in 1999,215 in 1998,209 in 1997,213 in 1996,204 in 1995,213 in 1994 and 213 in 1993), making this a slightly above-average year for numbers of species. Two of the 215 species, Pacific Golden Plover and White-rumped Sandpiper, are additions to the Argyll list, which now stands at 320 species. Six category E species (escapes) were recorded in 2000. Among the more regularly reported species, the following were not recorded in Argyll during 2000 and so have been omitted from the list below: Red Kite hfilvus milvus, Western Capercaillie (Capercaillie) Tetra0 tetrix, Grey Partridge Perdix perdix, Common Quail (Quail) Coturnix coturnix, European Turtle Dove (Turtle Dove) Sfreptopelia turtur and Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Tree Sparrow) Passer montanus, Some of these may simply have been overlooked, but there have been no records of Grey Partridge since 1998 and this is the fourth successive blank year for Tree Sparrow. ORNITHOLOGICAL REVIEW OF 2000 January to March January was changeable. It was mild at first. followed by hew rain andgales towards the end of the first week There followed a spell of cold most& fine conditions, but with hemy rain again towards the endof the month. The first notable record of the year was a femaldimmature Smew on Loch Sei1 on I*and 2" Jan. An unexpected wader turned up on Loch Sween on 4' Jan - Argyll's first-ever wintering Common Sandpiper. Numbers of Little Grebes in Outer Loch Etive continued to increase, with a new record count of 42 on 15' Jan. Also during Jan, single Great Crested Grebes were on Loch Beg and Loch Indaal. The winter gathering of Whooper Swan on Tiree peaked in Jan with 78 on I@- Yet another Green-winged Teal appeared at RSPB L. Gruinart on 13' Jan and stayed until mid-Feb. A coastal survey of Tiree on 14m-20mJan revealed some impressive totals.
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