DOCSLIB.ORG

Pied-Billed Grebe Breeding in Argyll, Pages 18-21 Recent Bird Sightings, Pages 10-13 Treshnish Isles Auk Ringing Group, Pages 227-29

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

The Eider is the Quarterly Newsletter of the Argyll Bird Club (http://www.argyllbirdclub.org) - Scottish Charity No. SC 008782 - Eider September 2017 (no. 121) September 2017 Number 121 Rose-coloured Starling at Laphroaig, Islay on 24 June ©Garry Turnbull Pied-billed Grebe breeding in Argyll, pages 18-21 Recent bird sightings, pages 10-13 Treshnish Isles Auk Ringing Group, pages 227-29 To receive the electronic version of The Eider in colour, ABC members should send their e-mail address Bob Furness (contact details on back page). Past issues (since June 2002) can be downloaded from the club’s website. 2 - Eider September 2017 (no. 121) Editor: Steve Petty, Cluaran Cottage, Ardentinny, Dunoon, Argyll PA23 8TR Phone 01369 810024—E-mail [email protected] Club News Inside this issue Club news Pages 3-5 FIELD TRIPS 2017 Papers for the AGM Pages 6-9 If there is a chance that adverse weather might lead to the cancellation of a field trip, please Recent bird sightings, May Pages 10-13 check the club’s website or contact the organiser to June the night before or prior to setting off. Pied-billed Grebe breeding Pages 14-15 in Argyll Saturday 16 September to Tuesday 19 Trip to Lesvos, April 2017 Pages 15-19 September. Tiree. Led by David Jardine (phone 01546 510200. e-mail Crow observation Pages 20-21 [email protected] ). A provisional booking has been made for some accommodation on Tiree Belated news item! Page 21 from Saturday 16 September to Tuesday 19 Sep- tember. Ferry departs Oban at 07.15hrs on Sat- ABC field trip to Loch Lo- Pages 22-23 urday and returns to Oban 22.40hrs on the Tues- mond day. Accommodation and transport from Oban is ABC field trip to Clachan Pages 24-25 currently estimated to cost about £110/head, based on four persons sharing a car. Food costs ABC field trip to Skipness Page 26 will be extra. If you would like to go on this trip, Treshnish Isles Auk Ring- Pages 27-29 please contact David promptly, as there are still a ing Group few places available. Information about the ABC Back page Saturday 28 October. Sound of Gigha. Led by Mike Harrison (phone 01631 710656. e-mail [email protected] ). Meet at Ronachan Point Car Park on the A83 (grid ref. NR741548) at INDOOR MEETINGS 2017-18 10.00hrs. Lunches will be available at the hotel on Autumn Meeting and AGM 2017. Satur- Gigha. The trip will include a short (3-4km) road day 4 November at the Cairnbaan Hotel walk on Gigha after some rough ground at Rona- (http://www.cairnbaan.com/), near Lochgil- chan viewpoint. phead (phone 01546 603668). The pro- Sunday 26 November. Loch Gilp and the gramme is on the next page. Lunches will be Add Estuary. Led by Jim Dickson (phone 01546 available in the hotel. 603967. e-mail [email protected]). Meet at Spring Meeting 2018. Saturday 3 March 10.00hrs in Lochgilphead at the Corran car park, at the Inveraray Inn (www.inveraray- opposite the caravan park, on the A83, close to inn.co.uk). The programme will appear in the the roundabout (A83/A816) at the western end December Eider. of the town. Please bring your own lunch. The trip will include several short walks (each 300m maxi- Raffle Prizes. Donations of raffle prizes mum) on level ground. for indoor meetings are always welcome. Acknowledgements Very many thanks to the following for their contributions to this issue—John Bowler, Andrew Carter, Mal- colm Chattwood, Jim Dickson, Mike Duckham, Bob Furness (including photocopying & dispatch), Mike Harri- son, Ian Fisher, David Jardine, Hilary Lord, Eddie Maguire, Alistair McGregor, David Palmar, Linda Petty (proof reading), Jeremy Roberts, Nigel Scriven, Margaret Staley and Robin Ward 3 - Eider September 2017 (no. 121) have any previous experience with maintaining PREPARATION OF ARGYLL BIRD RE- websites or would like to learn how to, why not give us a hand. Without more help, the almost PORT 28 (2016) daily updates to ‘recent reports’ will become less Work on ABR 28 will start soon. If you have any frequent. If you are interested, please contact outstanding records for 2016, please ensure any club official to learn more about what is in- they are sent to Jim Dickson promptly. Jim is volved. currently looking for good quality photos of Don’t forget to visit our website birds taken in Argyll in 2016 for the report. (www.argyllbirdclub.org) to find out about up-to- Please contact Jim if you have any that are suit- date arrangements for meetings, recent sight- able for consideration. We are also looking for ings of birds, including photographs, and lots folks to help on the editorial side (writing/ more. collating species accounts, proof reading etc.), as Jim Dickson will be stepping down as editor in 2017 ABC ROOKERY SURVEY 2018. We hope the ABR 28 will be available at A big thank-you to the twenty-nine contributors the Spring Meeting in 2018. (listed below) to this survey, which meant that THE ARGYLL BIRD CLUB’S WEBSITE complete coverage of Argyll was achieved. HELP NEEDED In total, 2,519 nests were found in 67 rookeries, compared with 3,138 nests in 71 rookeries in To keep the website updated takes a lot of ef- 1975 (just under a 20% decline). Numbers in fort. We urgently need more help with the Kintyre were slightly lower than in 1975, but ‘recent reports’ section, to cover periods when those in south Kintyre experienced a 41 % de- the usual compilers are on holiday etc. So, if you Programme for the ABC’s Autumn Meeting Saturday 4 November at the Cairnbaan Hotel, near Lochgilphead Time Session 0930 Doors open, coffee and tea 0950-1000 Welcome and introduction—Mike Harrison, Chairman of the Argyll Bird Club 1000-1030 Recent bird sightings and photographs—Jim Dickson, Argyll Bird Recorder 1030-1100 A month spent birding on Cowal—Neil Hammatt 1100-1120 Coffee/tea 1120-1210 The birds of Colonsay and Oronsay—David Jardine 1210-1230 Underwater photography of Argyll’s marine life—Mark Woombs 1230-1400 Lunch (available in the hotel, if required) 1400-1440 AGM 1440-1500 BTO surveys and updates—Nigel Scriven 1500-1530 Bird watching in Costa Rica—Sue Furness 1530-1600 Tea/coffee 1600-1620 Results from the Argyll Bird Club’s rookery survey—David Jardine 1620-1630 Raffle and closing remarks 4 - Eider September 2017 (no. 121) cline since 1996. Numbers on Islay have in- birdwatching trip to Estonia? The proposed trip creased since 1975, but declined since the 1990s. follows on from successful trips to Spain in There are no Rooks now breeding on Mull itself, 2015 and 2016 led by Peter Roberts and a trip with the only rookery in this area on Iona. Num- to Lesvos, Greece by Jim Dickson this spring. bers have diminished significantly on Cowal, and Remaining places will be on a first come basis, so there have been declines in Mid and North Argyll. please contact Peter Roberts (phone: 01496 The full results will be written up in the Argyll 850673, e-mail: cistico- Bird Report. [email protected]) or Jim Dickson for Contributors to the Rookery Survey: Irene Bos- more details if you are interested. ton, Ian Brooke, Tom Callan, Phil Catton, Cherry Estonia is situated in the eastern corner of the Cook, Stuart Crutchfield, Drew Dick, Jim Dick- Baltic Sea. It is the smallest and least populous son, Neil Hammatt, Mike Harrison, Robin Harvey, of the three ‘Baltic States’. It has a wonderful James Howe, David James, David Jardine, John coastline, dotted with hundreds of small low- Kinross, Rob Lightfoot, Eddie Maguire, Rab Mor- lying islands and many bays. Inland there are ton, Yvonne McCrone, Louise Muir, Malcom further varied landscapes—extensive natural, Ogilvie, Mike Peacock, Felicity Pollard, Pete Rob- mixed forests, bogs, marshes and grasslands, erts, Lesley Silcock, John Taylor, Gary Turnbull, many rivers with associated reed-beds and wet- Lucy Ward and Emily Wilkins. lands, with many areas afforded protection THE BIRDS OF COLONSAY AND OR- within nature reserves and national parks. This abundance and variety of natural habitats pro- ONSAY duces an impressive range of birds and mam- The Birds of Colonsay and Oronsay has now been mals, equal to many of the larger countries in published. This hardback book has been written northern Europe. There are over 200 regular by David Jardine, Mike Peacock and Ian Fisher as breeding species, and a huge volume of arctic- a companion volume to the recently published bound migrants pass through the country. Birds of Bute produced by club members Ron In early May, hundreds of thousands of geese, Forrester, Ian Hopkins and Doug Menzies. The ducks, divers and waders pass through from key features of the 384 page book are full de- their local wintering grounds around the North tails of the occurrence of the 230 species, which Sea or much further south for their arctic occur or have occurred on the islands, along with breeding grounds. They can be found streaming 165 maps showing summer and winter distribution along the coast of Estonia, providing one of Eu- during the Bird Atlas 2007-11, and 100 graphs rope’s great migration spectacles. In amongst showing population trends or monthly and annual the masses of common species there is always a occurrences. The book contains 174 colour pho- reasonable chance of finding scarcer species tos, all but four of which have been taken on the islands. Introductory chapters cover the land- scape and habitats of the islands, a history of ornithology and bird conservation (which includes details about bird remains in the Mesolithic shell -middens on Oronsay), an avifauna for the islands and an introduction to the species accounts.
Recommended publications
  • Guest Directory Change of Ownership & Revival of a Famous Name

    Guest Directory Change of Ownership & Revival of a Famous Name

    Guest Directory Change of Ownership & Revival of a Famous Name The hotel was purchased by the Byrne family in the summer of 2015, returning the business to local ownership for the first time in many years. Opened in 1755 to national acclaim, the hotel was known as “The Inveraray Inn”. Our first act as new owners was to reinstate the original name. Our family has a long history in the hotel trade, is local to Argyll and also owns the nearby Best Western hotel in Crianlarich and the beautiful Ivy House, our Front Street neighbour (ask at Reception for booking details). Since purchasing the hotel, we have invested more than £1 million in a full and sympathetic refurbishment of this iconic and historic building. We hope that you are as pleased with the "new" hotel as we are. Please enjoy your stay. A Brief History of Inveraray Inveraray, at the head of Loch Fyne, owes its prominence to the rebuilding of Inveraray Castle, seat of the Duke of Argyll, in the 18th century. The town's history, however, goes back much further, since it was made a Royal Burgh in 1638 by Charles I. The Argyll family, who hold the chieftainship of the Clan Campbell, have been important players in Scottish history, with a happy knack of usually picking the winning side during centuries of bloody inter-clan feuding and bitter political in-fighting. The Campbells' contentious massacre at Glencoe of their rival MacDonalds in 1692 is long remembered, but their positive role in shaping modern Scotland cannot be overstated.
  • Birds of Bharatpur – Check List

    Birds of Bharatpur – Check List

    BIRDS OF BHARATPUR – CHECK LIST Family PHASIANIDAE: Pheasants, Partridges, Quail Check List BLACK FRANCOLIN GREY FRANCOLIN COMMON QUAIL RAIN QUAIL JUNGLE BUSH QUAIL YELLOW-LEGGED BUTTON QUAIL BARRED BUTTON QUAIL PAINTED SPURFOWL INDIAN PEAFOWL Family ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese, Swans GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE GREYLAG GOOSE BAR-HEADED GOOSE LWSSER WHISTLING-DUCK RUDDY SHELDUCK COMMON SHELDUCK COMB DUCK COTTON PYGMY GOOSE MARBLED DUCK GADWALL FALCATED DUCK EURASIAN WIGEON MALLARD SPOT-BILLED DUCK COMMON TEAL GARGANEY NORTHERN PINTAIL NORTHERN SHOVELER RED-CRESTED POCHARD COMMON POCHARD FERRUGINOUS POCHARD TUFTED DUCK BAIKAL TEAL GREATER SCAUP BAER’S POCHARD Family PICIDAE: Woodpeckers EURASIAN WRYNECK BROWN-CAPPED PYGMY WOODPECKER YELLOW-CROWNED WOODPECKER BLACK-RUMPED FLAMBACK Family CAPITONIDAE: Barbets BROWN-HEADED BARBET COPPERSMITH BARBET Family UPUPIDAE: Hoopoes COMMON HOOPOE Family BUCEROTIDAE: Hornbills INDAIN GREY HORNBILL Family CORACIIDAE: Rollers or Blue Jays EUROPEAN ROLLER INDIAN ROLLER Family ALCEDINIDAE: Kingfisher COMMON KINGFISHER STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER BLACK-CAPPED KINGFISHER PIED KINGFISHER Family MEROPIDAE: Bee-eaters GREEN BEE-EATER BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER BLUE-TAILED BEE-EATER Family CUCULIDAE: Cuckoos, Crow-pheasants PIED CUCKOO CHESTNUT-WINGED CUCKOO COMMON HAWK CUCKOO INDIAN CUCKOO EURASIAN CUCKOO GREY-BELLIED CUCKOO PLAINTIVE CUCKOO DRONGO CUCKOO ASIAN KOEL SIRKEER MALKOHA GREATER COUCAL LESSER COUCAL Family PSITTACIDAS: Parrots ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET PLUM-HEADED PARKEET Family APODIDAE:
  • (82) FIELD NOTES on the LITTLE GREBE. the Following Observations on the Little Grebe (Podiceps R. Ruficollis) Were Made at Fetch

    (82) FIELD NOTES on the LITTLE GREBE. the Following Observations on the Little Grebe (Podiceps R. Ruficollis) Were Made at Fetch

    (82) FIELD NOTES ON THE LITTLE GREBE. BY P. H. TRAHAIR HARTLEY. THE following observations on the Little Grebe (Podiceps r. ruficollis) were made at Fetcham Pond, near Leatherhead, in Surrey, during the last three years. TERRITORY. Little Grebes begin to defend territories in the middle of February. These are small areas—about |- acre—situated in the parts of the very shallow lake that are overgrown with marestail (Hippuris vulgaris). Where several territories border on an open space, free from weeds, this constitutes a neutral area where paired birds can meet and associate with others, without fighting. The actual territories are strictly protected. Both sexes defend their borders, sometimes working together. Terri­ torial demonstrations-—far more often than not they do not end in actual fighting—take place many times daily between pairs whose marches adjoin. One bird makes a series of short rushes towards his neighbours' territory, flapping his raised wings, and keeping his head and neck outstretched ; at the same time he utters the shrill, tittering call. The owner of the territory advances in the same set style ; between each rush, both birds float with heads drawn in, flank feathers fluffed out, and wings slightly raised. So they approach each other, until they float about a foot apart, and strictly on the territorial border. As they face one another, I have seen one, or both birds peck with an almost nervous movement at the surface of the water, as though picking something up. On one occasion the bird which had started the encounter splashed the water with its beak, and snatched at a weed stem.
  • Inveraray Jail - Prisoner Records

    Inveraray Jail - Prisoner Records

    INVERARAY JAIL - PRISONER RECORDS http://www.inverarayjail.co.uk/ USE THE EDIT / FIND ON TOOLBAR TO SEARCH NAMES and ENTRIES BY TOWN and VILLAGE By tradition and history 'the county town Argyll, Inveraray's courthouse and prisons, designed by James Gillespie Graham in 1813, after original plans by Robert Reid in 1807, opened in 1820 - Whilst Reid's original plans hadd included a courthouse and three prisons - one for males, one for females and one for debtors - The Prison Commissioners, lacking finances, had to be content with building only the courthouse and but one prison, eight cellss contained in its two floors - Following the 1839 Prisons (Scotland) Act, a second prison, separating men and women and designed by Thomas Brown of Edinburgh, was opened at the end of 1848, the new three-storied prison having twelve cells, an exercise gallery and a pair of outdoor exercise yards, the idea of separating male and female prisoners stemming from the somewhat misguided persuasion that such a system gave prisoners time to reflect upon their sins ! After the passing of the 1877 Prisons (Scotland) Act, the responsibility for the running and financing prisons taken away from local authorities, small local prisons were successively closed in favour of large prisons, such as Glasgow's 1882-built Barlinnie Prison and though Inveraray's jail, the last of the small prisons, was closed on August 31, 1889, courts continued to sit in Inveraray's courthouse until around 1954.4. After an extensive programme of restoration was undertaken by The Scottish Office in the 1980's, the building then lying empty for some years, Inveraray Jail was opened to the public as a 'visitor attraction' in May 1989 and the records of more than 4,000 of its Victorian prisoners put online for the interest of family history researchers.
  • 484 Carrick Castle

    484 Carrick Castle

    484 Carrick Castle - Dunoon Monday to Friday from 1st July 2021 Note: CM CNM NSch CTH NSch CHF CMTW Service: 484 484 484 484 484 484 484 Carrick Castle 0710 0710 0820 1224 1454 1615 1720 Lochgoilhead, Car Park 0727 0727 0837 1241 1511 1632 1737 St Catherines (Arr) 0747 0747 0857 1301 1531 1652 1757 St Catherines (Dep) 0747 0747 0857 1301 1531 1652 1757 Strachur, The Bay 0754 0754 0903 1307 1537 1658 1803 Strachur, The Clachan 0756 0756 0905 1309 1539 1700 1805 Whistlefield Inn 0804 0804 0913 1317 1547 1708 1813 Benmore Gdns 0812 0812 0921 1325 1555 1716 1821 Kilmun 0815 0815 0924 1328 1558 1719 1824 Sandhaven 0817 0817 0926 1330 1600 1721 1826 Sandbank, Holy Loch Inn 0821 0821 0930 1334 1604 1725 1830 Dunoon, Grammar School 0826 0826 - - - - - School Hostel 0830 - - - - - - Ardenslate Road 0831 - - - - - - Marine Parade - 0828 - - - - - Walkers Garage - - 0935 1339 1609 1730 1835 Dunoon, Ferry Terminal 0836 0833 0940 1344 1614 1735 1840 Codes: NSch School Holidays 484 Service 484 is operated on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council. School holiday dates are specified by Argyll and Bute Council. No service operates on 25, 26 December or 01, 02 January. CM Schoolday Mondays Only CNM Schooldays Only, Not Mondays CMTW Schoolday Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays Only CHF Schoolday Thursdays and Fridays Only 484 Dunoon - Carrick Castle Monday to Friday from 1st July 2021 Note: Sch NSch CTH NSch CH CF CMTW Service: 484 484 484 484 484 484 484 Dunoon, Ferry Terminal 0550 0655 1050 1320 1432 1432 1537 Dunoon Grammar School - - - - 1445 1445 1550 School
  • Argyll Bird Report with Sstematic List for the Year

    Argyll Bird Report with Sstematic List for the Year

    ARGYLL BIRD REPORT with Systematic List for the year 1998 Volume 15 (1999) PUBLISHED BY THE ARGYLL BIRD CLUB Cover picture: Barnacle Geese by Margaret Staley The Fifteenth ARGYLL BIRD REPORT with Systematic List for the year 1998 Edited by J.C.A. Craik Assisted by P.C. Daw Systematic List by P.C. Daw Published by the Argyll Bird Club (Scottish Charity Number SC008782) October 1999 Copyright: Argyll Bird Club Printed by Printworks Oban - ABOUT THE ARGYLL BIRD CLUB The Argyll Bird Club was formed in 19x5. 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. LochgilpheadandTarbert.Thc autumn meeting and AGM are usually held in Invenny or another conveniently central location. The Club organises field trips for members. It also publishes the annual Argyll Bird Report and a quarterly members’ newsletter, The Eider, which includes details of club activities, reports from meetings and field trips, and feature articles by members and others, Each year the subscription entitles you to the ArgyZl Bird Report, four issues of The Eider, and free admission to the two annual meetings. There are four kinds of membership: current rates (at 1 October 1999) are: Ordinary E10; Junior (under 17) E3; Family €15; Corporate E25 Subscriptions (by cheque or standing order) are due on 1 January. Anyonejoining after 1 Octoberis covered until the end of the following year.
  • 2019 Scotch Whisky

    2019 Scotch Whisky

    ©2019 scotch whisky association DISCOVER THE WORLD OF SCOTCH WHISKY Many countries produce whisky, but Scotch Whisky can only be made in Scotland and by definition must be distilled and matured in Scotland for a minimum of 3 years. Scotch Whisky has been made for more than 500 years and uses just a few natural raw materials - water, cereals and yeast. Scotland is home to over 130 malt and grain distilleries, making it the greatest MAP OF concentration of whisky producers in the world. Many of the Scotch Whisky distilleries featured on this map bottle some of their production for sale as Single Malt (i.e. the product of one distillery) or Single Grain Whisky. HIGHLAND MALT The Highland region is geographically the largest Scotch Whisky SCOTCH producing region. The rugged landscape, changeable climate and, in The majority of Scotch Whisky is consumed as Blended Scotch Whisky. This means as some cases, coastal locations are reflected in the character of its many as 60 of the different Single Malt and Single Grain Whiskies are blended whiskies, which embrace wide variations. As a group, Highland whiskies are rounded, robust and dry in character together, ensuring that the individual Scotch Whiskies harmonise with one another with a hint of smokiness/peatiness. Those near the sea carry a salty WHISKY and the quality and flavour of each individual blend remains consistent down the tang; in the far north the whiskies are notably heathery and slightly spicy in character; while in the more sheltered east and middle of the DISTILLERIES years. region, the whiskies have a more fruity character.
  • Little Grebe

    Little Grebe

    A CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF SAADANI. Little Grebe Black-chested Snake Eagle Redshank Little Swift White Pelican Bateleur Terek Sandpiper Eurasian Swift Pink-backed Pelican African Goshawk Sanderling White-rumped Swift Long-tailed Cormorant Steppe Eagle Curlew Sandpiper Palm Swift Darter Tawny Eagle Little Stint Bohm's Spinetail Little Bittern Augur Buzzard Black-tailed Godwit Speckled Mousebird Grey Heron Lizard Buzzard Ruff Blue-naped Mousebird Goliath Heron Pale Chanting Goshawk Turnstone Narina Trogon Cattle Egret Martial Eagle Black-winged Stilt Pied Kingfisher Green-backed Heron Crowned Eagle Avocet Malachite Kingfisher Great White Egret Fish Eagle Water Thicknee Brown-hooded Kingfisher Black Heron Black Kite Temminck's Courser Striped Kingfisher Little Egret Osprey Lesser Black-backed Gull Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher Yellow-billed Egret African Hobby White-winged Black Tern Mangrove Kingfisher Night Heron Hobby Gull-billed Tern Pygmy Kingfisher Hamerkop Kestrel Little Tern White-throated Bee-eater Open-billed Stork Red-necked Spurfowl Lesser Crested Tern Eurasian Bee-eater Woolly-necked Stork Crested Francolin Swift Tern Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Yellow-billed Stork Crested Guineafowl Caspian Tern Northern Carmine Bee-eater Hadada Ibis Helmeted Guineafowl Common Tern Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Sacred Ibis Black Crake Ring-necked Dove Little Bee-eater African Spoonbill Black-bellied Bustard Red-eyed Dove Madagascar Bee-eater Lesser Flamingo Jacana Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Lilac-breasted Roller Greater Flamingo Ringed Plover Tambourine
  • Birders Checklist for the Mapungubwe National Park and Area

    Birders Checklist for the Mapungubwe National Park and Area

    Birders Checklist for the Mapungubwe National Park and area Reproduced with kind permission of Etienne Marais of Indicator Birding Visit www.birding.co.za for more info and details of birding tours and events Endemic birds KEY: SA = South African Endemic, SnA = Endemic to Southern Africa, NE = Near endemic (Birders endemic) to the Southern African Region. RAR = Rarity Status KEY: cr = common resident; nr = nomadic breeding resident; unc = uncommon resident; rr = rare; ? = status uncertain; s = summer visitor; w = winter visitor r Endemicity Numbe Sasol English Status All Scientific p 30 Little Grebe cr Tachybaptus ruficollis p 30 Black-necked Grebe nr Podiceps nigricollis p 56 African Darter cr Anhinga rufa p 56 Reed Cormorant cr Phalacrocorax africanus p 56 White-breasted Cormorant cr Phalacrocorax lucidus p 58 Great White Pelican nr Pelecanus onocrotalus p 58 Pink-backed Pelican ? Pelecanus rufescens p 60 Grey Heron cr Ardea cinerea p 60 Black-headed Heron cr Ardea melanocephala p 60 Goliath Heron cr Ardea goliath p 60 Purple Heron uncr Ardea purpurea p 62 Little Egret uncr Egretta garzetta p 62 Yellow-billed Egret uncr Egretta intermedia p 62 Great Egret cr Egretta alba p 62 Cattle Egret cr Bubulcus ibis p 62 Squacco Heron cr Ardeola ralloides p 64 Black Heron uncs Egretta ardesiaca p 64 Rufous-bellied Heron ? Ardeola rufiventris RA p 64 White-backed Night-Heron rr Gorsachius leuconotus RA p 64 Slaty Egret ? Egretta vinaceigula p 66 Green-backed Heron cr Butorides striata p 66 Black-crowned Night-Heron uncr Nycticorax nycticorax p
  • 1 ID Euring Latin Binomial English Name Phenology Galliformes

    1 ID Euring Latin Binomial English Name Phenology Galliformes

    BIRDS OF METAURO RIVER: A GREAT ORNITHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN A SMALL ITALIAN URBANIZING BIOTOPE, REQUIRING GREATER PROTECTION 1 SUPPORTING INFORMATION / APPENDICE Check list of the birds of Metauro river (mouth and lower course / Fano, PU), up to September 2020. Lista completa delle specie ornitiche del fiume Metauro (foce e basso corso /Fano, PU), aggiornata ad Settembre 2020. (*) In the study area 1 breeding attempt know in 1985, but in particolar conditions (Pandolfi & Giacchini, 1985; Poggiani & Dionisi, 1988a, 1988b, 2019). ID Euring Latin binomial English name Phenology GALLIFORMES Phasianidae 1 03700 Coturnix coturnix Common Quail Mr, B 2 03940 Phasianus colchicus Common Pheasant SB (R) ANSERIFORMES Anatidae 3 01690 Branta ruficollis The Red-breasted Goose A-1 (2012) 4 01610 Anser anser Greylag Goose Mi, Wi 5 01570 Anser fabalis Tundra/Taiga Bean Goose Mi, Wi 6 01590 Anser albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose A – 4 (1986, february and march 2012, 2017) 7 01520 Cygnus olor Mute Swan Mi 8 01540 Cygnus cygnus Whooper Swan A-1 (1984) 9 01730 Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck Mr, Wi 10 01910 Spatula querquedula Garganey Mr (*) 11 01940 Spatula clypeata Northern Shoveler Mr, Wi 12 01820 Mareca strepera Gadwall Mr, Wi 13 01790 Mareca penelope Eurasian Wigeon Mr, Wi 14 01860 Anas platyrhynchos Mallard SB, Mr, W (R) 15 01890 Anas acuta Northern Pintail Mi, Wi 16 01840 Anas crecca Eurasian Teal Mr, W 17 01960 Netta rufina Red-crested Pochard A-4 (1977, 1994, 1996, 1997) 18 01980 Aythya ferina Common Pochard Mr, W 19 02020 Aythya nyroca Ferruginous
  • Aberrant Plumages in Grebes Podicipedidae

    Aberrant Plumages in Grebes Podicipedidae

    André Konter Aberrant plumages in grebes Podicipedidae An analysis of albinism, leucism, brown and other aberrations in all grebe species worldwide Aberrant plumages in grebes Podicipedidae in grebes plumages Aberrant Ferrantia André Konter Travaux scientifiques du Musée national d'histoire naturelle Luxembourg www.mnhn.lu 72 2015 Ferrantia 72 2015 2015 72 Ferrantia est une revue publiée à intervalles non réguliers par le Musée national d’histoire naturelle à Luxembourg. Elle fait suite, avec la même tomaison, aux TRAVAUX SCIENTIFIQUES DU MUSÉE NATIONAL D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE LUXEMBOURG parus entre 1981 et 1999. Comité de rédaction: Eric Buttini Guy Colling Edmée Engel Thierry Helminger Mise en page: Romain Bei Design: Thierry Helminger Prix du volume: 15 € Rédaction: Échange: Musée national d’histoire naturelle Exchange MNHN Rédaction Ferrantia c/o Musée national d’histoire naturelle 25, rue Münster 25, rue Münster L-2160 Luxembourg L-2160 Luxembourg Tél +352 46 22 33 - 1 Tél +352 46 22 33 - 1 Fax +352 46 38 48 Fax +352 46 38 48 Internet: http://www.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/ Internet: http://www.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/exchange email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Page de couverture: 1. Great Crested Grebe, Lake IJssel, Netherlands, April 2002 (PCRcr200303303), photo A. Konter. 2. Red-necked Grebe, Tunkwa Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 2006 (PGRho200501022), photo K. T. Karlson. 3. Great Crested Grebe, Rotterdam-IJsselmonde, Netherlands, August 2006 (PCRcr200602012), photo C. van Rijswik. Citation: André Konter 2015. - Aberrant plumages in grebes Podicipedidae - An analysis of albinism, leucism, brown and other aberrations in all grebe species worldwide. Ferrantia 72, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 206 p.
  • The Water Birds of Mavoor Wetland, Kerala, South India

    The Water Birds of Mavoor Wetland, Kerala, South India

    World Journal of Zoology 7 (2): 98-101, 2012 ISSN 1817-3098 © IDOSI Publications, 2012 DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wjz.2012.7.2.6216 The Water Birds of Mavoor Wetland, Kerala, South India 12K.M. Aarif and Muhammad Basheer 1Kallingal House, Athanikunnu, Mampad College Po, Malapuram dt, Kerala, South India 2Palishakottu purayil, Elettil Po, Koduvally, Calicut, Kerala, South India Abstract: Bird Community of Mavoor Wetlands in Calicut District, Kerala State was studied during Sept 2009 to Aug 2010. The methodology followed was mainly observations using binocular. A total of 57 species of birds, belonging to 16 families were recorded from the area during the period. Among them 17 species are migrants. Highest number of birds was recorded in the month of January and the lowest was observed June. Little Egret, Little Cormorant, Purple Moorhen, Purple Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Indian Pond-Heron, Little Grebe, Lesser Whistling-Duck, River Tern, Whiskered Tern, Garganey etc. were the most abundant resident and migrant species found in the Mavoor wetlands. Key words: Brids Mavoor Wetland Conservation Problem INTRODUCTION season the water level raises up to 2 to 4 meters. Studies on the avian fauna of Mavoor wetland are very few, Wetlands are extremely important areas throughout except the regular Asian Water fowl Census since past the world for wildlife protection, recreation, sediment five years and a PhD work on the diving behaviour of control, flood prevention [1]. Wetlands are important Cormorants and Darter [6]. bird habitats and birds use them for feeding, roosting, Systematic list of the birds of this region is lacking.