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Birds in Moray & Nairn 2014 Birds in Moray & Nairn Birds in Moray & Nairn 2014 Birds in Moray & Nairn 2014 Page | 1 Birds in Moray & Nairn 2014 Birds in Moray & Nairn in 2014 MORAY & NAIRN BIRD REPORT No.29 – 2014 Published at www.birdsinmorayandnairn.org in January 2016 CONTENTS Page Editorial 3 How to submit records 3 Assessment of rarity records 4 Observers contributing to Birds in Moray & Nairn 2014 6 Species accounts 7 Additions/corrections to previous Bird Reports 88 Seabird movements off Lossiemouth in 2014 Bob Proctor 89 Black-headed Gulls in Moray in 2014 Martin Cook 116 A population survey of singing warblers along the lower River Spey Alastair Young 120 Red-breasted Flycatcher at Lossiemouth - new to Moray & Nairn Bob Proctor 122 Ringing Report 2014 Bob Proctor 124 Grid references of localities mentioned in the species accounts 133 Edited by Martin Cook (Scottish Ornithologists’ Club Recorder for Moray & Nairn). Page | 2 Birds in Moray & Nairn 2014 Cover photograph: Snowy Owl near Ben Macdui, 3 September 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks). Species account authors: Mute Swan to Goosander (all wildfowl) Bob Proctor Quail to White-billed Diver (gamebirds and divers) Martin Cook Fulmar to Shag (including shearwaters) Richard Somers Cocks Little Egret to American Coot (herons, grebes, raptors and rails) Martin Cook Oystercatcher to Snipe (all waders) Duncan Gibson Pomarine Skua to Great Black-backed Gull (skuas, auks, terns and gulls) Richard Somers Cocks Feral Pigeon to Long-tailed Tit (including pigeons, owls, falcons, crows, hirundines and tits) Martin Cook Yellow-browed Warbler to Sedge Warbler (all warblers) Bob Johnson Waxwing to Rock Pipit (including thrushes, chats, wagtails and pipits) Martin Cook Brambling to Corn Bunting (all finches and buntings) Bob Johnson EDITORIAL Moray & Nairn, despite its richness in habitats and birds, has a rather small band of active birders. This is both a curse and blessing! It does mean that, apart from the favoured coastal sites, many parts of our area receive only occasional visits from birders. As a consequence, detailed knowledge of some aspects of our bird distribution is lacking - and doubtless many scarce birds escape detection. On the plus side, the opportunities to find ones own birds, and to make an individual contribution to local knowledge, are high. Evidence of this can be found in this Report, which contains articles revealing unexpected richness in both seabird passage and breeding warbler densities. These have been down to the work of individuals whereas the Black-headed Gull survey was conducted on a larger scale by members of Moray Bird Club - the Moray branch of the SOC. This edition of Birds in Moray & Nairn, the 29th edition of the Moray & Nairn bird report, is available only online at www.birdsinmorayandnairn.org. For those who wish a hard copy, this can be printed from the website. In addition to the species account authors, the editor would like to thank all those who have submitted their observations, and the photographers who have generously permitted the use of their images. HOW TO SUBMIT RECORDS There are two main ways in which you can submit your records: 1. To Birdtrack The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club is now a BirdTrack partner with the BTO, RSPB and BirdWatch Ireland. BirdTrack is an exciting new web-based bird recording project that looks at migration movements and distributions of birds throughout Britain and Ireland. It provides facilities for observers to store and manage Page | 3 Birds in Moray & Nairn 2014 their own personal records as well as using these for the production of local bird reports, and to support species conservation at local, regional, national and even international scales. The principle behind BirdTrack is that if you have been out birdwatching anywhere in Britain and Ireland, or merely watching birds in your garden, records of the birds you have seen (or indeed have not seen) can be useful data. Thus the scheme is year-round, and ongoing, and anyone with an interest in birds can contribute. Important results produced by BirdTrack include mapping migration timings and monitoring scarce birds. We know very little about the timing of arrival and departure of winter visitors and this is just one area in which BirdTrack will provide useful information. There are also many scarce birds where we would like to know much more about their populations. The SOC hopes that most birdwatchers in Scotland will soon adopt BirdTrack as their main bird recording and information sharing tool. To find out more, or to register and get started, visit the BirdTrack website at www.bto.org/volunteer- surveys/birdtrack 2. To the Moray and Nairn Recorder Records may be submitted periodically during the year or in one batch as soon as possible after the end of the year, and by the end of January at the latest. Although any format is acceptable, the Recorder would be very grateful to receive as many submissions as possible on Excel – a spreadsheet with appropriate headings may be obtained from the Recorder (see below). Minimum information required for each record should include species name, number, date and location (if possible with a 6-figure map reference, although a 4- figure map reference is often adequate). More information on how, and where, to submit your records can be found in the ‘Submitting records’ section of the Birds in Moray and Nairn website at www.birdsinmorayandnairn.org/bird- recording/submitting-records/. ASSESSMENT OF RARITY RECORDS In order that an entirely accurate archive of records of rare and scarce species is maintained it is clearly important to apply consistent standards to the acceptance of such records. This is ensured through a system of assessment of written descriptions of the circumstances of the occurrence and of the bird itself. Those who make use of our reports in the future must have confidence that all published records have been scrutinised and considered acceptable by the birding community of today. A three-tier system of record assessment exists: British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC) assesses records of extreme rarities, in a British context. The full committee contains ten voting members of which at least nine must vote in favour of a record for it to be accepted. A list of species currently considered by BBRC can be found at www.bbrc.org.uk/currentrarespecies.htm Scottish Birds Records Committee (SBRC) assesses records of birds rare in a Scottish context but not sufficiently rare to be assessed by BBRC. The committee consists of seven voting members of which at least six must vote in favour. A list of species currently considered by SBRC can be found at www.the-soc.org.uk/sbrc-list.htm Page | 4 Birds in Moray & Nairn 2014 Moray & Nairn Rarities Committee (MNRC) assesses slightly less rare Scottish species and all other local rarities. The committee consists of five voting members of which at least four must vote in favour for a record to be accepted. Current membership of MNRC is Martin Cook, Roy Dennis, Duncan Gibson, Bob Proctor and Dave Pullan. The following species are currently on the MNRC list: Bewick’s Swan Bean Goose American Wigeon Green-winged Teal Garganey (except adult male) Ring-necked Duck Ruddy Duck (except adult male) Surf Scoter (except adult male) Balearic Shearwater Leach’s Petrel Red-necked Grebe Black-necked Grebe White Stork Spoonbill Bittern Little Egret Great White Egret Honey-buzzard Rough-legged Buzzard Hobby Spotted Crake Corncrake Crane Avocet Little Ringed Plover (except lower American Golden Plover Temminck’s Stint River Spey) Pectoral Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Grey Phalarope Long-tailed Skua Sabine’s Gull Ring-billed Gull Black Tern Roseate Tern Turtle Dove Nightjar Hoopoe Wryneck Green Woodpecker Red-backed Shrike Great Grey Shrike Golden Oriole Chough Bearded Tit Shore Lark Yellow-browed Warbler Reed Warbler Icterine Warbler Lesser Whitethroat Firecrest Nuthatch Rose-coloured Starling Bluethroat Red-breasted Flycatcher Black Redstart Yellow Wagtail Richard’s Pipit Water Pipit Common Rosefinch Hawfinch Lapland Bunting Other species recorded for the first time in Moray & Nairn, and not on BBRC or SBRC lists, are also assessed by MNRC. If you find a rare species in Moray & Nairn, please contact the recorder (Martin Cook) who will provide forms and forward these to the relevant committee. Alternatively, further information and forms can be found and downloaded from the website at www.birdsinmorayandnairn.org/bird-recording/moray-nairn- rarities-committee/ Records of species on the lists of BBRC, SBRC or MNRC will only appear in Birds in Moray & Nairn following acceptance of the record by the relevant committee. It must be stressed, however, that the failure of a record to be accepted by a committee does not imply disbelief of the observer, or that the observer is mistaken in the identification; simply that not quite enough evidence has been assimilated by the observer in the time or conditions available. Page | 5 Birds in Moray & Nairn 2014 OBSERVERS CONTRIBUTING TO BIRDS IN MORAY & NAIRN 2014 I Addis, T Adkins (TA), G Aitken (GA), G Anderson, S Ankers (SA), F Antley (FA), A Archer, C Armour (CA), C Auld, T Backx (TB), C Baggott (CB), I Bailey, C A Bainbridge, M C Bale (MCB), E A Barclay, K Barnes (KB), B Bates, C Beach, I C Beaney, D Benison, A Bentley (ABe), G Biggs (GB), B Blackhall (BB), D Booth, W R P Bourne (WRPB), A Bowie (AB), P A Bracey, J Bray, G Brooks, M J Bruce (MJB), A Burgess (ABu), J R Butcher (JRB), A M Cage, D K Campbell, R Carberry (RC), R Carlyle, P Cartlidge,
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