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C – although introduced, now derive from resulting self-sustaining populations. This Checklist contains all these species. KEY The booklet is laid out with 4 columns: English Name, Scientific Name, Scottish Status and Heatherlea Status. The ‘Scottish Status’ is a list of codes to help ascertain the status of the species in Scotland; RB – Resident Breeder PM – Passage Migrant. Occurs at least MB – Migrant Breeder annually on passage. CB – Casual Breeder SM – Scarce Migrant. Occurs less than NB – Naturalized Breeder annually, but there have been more HB – Hybrid Breeder than 20 Scottish records. FB – Former Breeder WM – Winter Migrant V – Vagrant. 20 or fewer Scottish records. Eg: Lapwing is given as RB, MB, PM and WM, as we have large numbers of birds breeding and staying through the year (RB), plus others that breed here but winter elsewhere (MB), those passing through (PM) and those that come from elsewhere to winter here (WM). The ‘Heatherlea Status’ is a list of codes to indicate how frequently and where we expect to find each species. Each entry has been carefully considered by our expert Guides, and is a reflection of our experience over recent years. 1 – Seen regularly on Mountview Hotel based holidays 2 – Seen infrequently on Mountview Hotel based holidays 3 – Seen regularly on Scottish Island holidays 4 – Seen infrequently on Scottish Island holidays Eg: Corncrake is a ‘3’, being predominantly seen on the Inner and Outer Hebrides, whilst Treecreeper is 1 + 4, being seen regularly from the Mountview and sometimes on the islands. Some species are only seen on a limited number of holidays – please ask Heatherlea for details! All birds recorded to date by Heatherlea (over 340 species) are in bold. Species not recorded by Heatherlea are in grey type. 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