Rare birds in the Netherlands in 2002 Roland E van der Vliet, Jan van der Laan & CDNA his is the 23rd annual report on rare birds in ing, identifying and recording, and relevant refer- T the Netherlands to be published in Dutch ences in the literature, which normally include Birding. This report comprises records from 2002 (inter)national but not regional journals, and as well as belated and reconsidered records, published photographs. Records from 2001 last- dating back to 1924, which have been evaluated ing into 2002 that were already published in the by the Dutch rarities committee, the Commissie 2001 report are repeated here without references, Dwaalgasten Nederlandse Avifauna (CDNA). for the sake of completeness. Observations not Several 2002 records are still under review or (yet) submitted mentioned in the 2001 report, are awaiting submission and could, therefore, not be not repeated in this report and the CDNA recom- included. In addition, several records for 2001 mends consulting the 2001 report for these. and earlier years are still under consideration for Sequence of the records in the species accounts is various reasons. from the current year backwards, with records The information in van den Berg & Bosman within one year presented chronologically. (2001), which overrules all annual reports by the A compilation of most of the birds videoed can be CDNA up to and including the 1999 report, in found in Plomp et al (2003). Numbers after each turn is overruled by data presented in the 2000, (sub)species’ name refer to the total number of 2001 and 2002 reports. Details included for each individuals 1 from 1 January 1800 to 31 accepted record are, if available: date(s); location December 1979, 2 since 1 January 1980 but and/or municipality (municipal divisions as on excluding 3 the current year. Taxa marked with 1 January 2002); province; number of birds if an asterisk * are new to the Dutch list. more than one, plumage and sex; type of record if The following CDNA members voted on some trapped, photographed, sound-recorded, videoed or all of the records in this report: Theo Bakker, or found dead (and where specimen is stored); Max Berlijn, Ruud E Brouwer, A (Bert) de Bruin names of up to three observers involved in find- (secretary), Nils van Duivendijk (chairman), Teus [Dutch Birding 25: 361-384, 2003] 361 Rare birds in the Netherlands in 2002 J C Luijendijk, Roland E van der Vliet (archivist) there were no records of, eg, Blue-winged Teal and Pim A Wolf. Records can be submitted Anas discors, Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregari- through email ([email protected]) or via the us, Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficol- CDNA site on the Dutch Birding website lis, Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii, Black Guille- (www.dutchbirding.nl), using an electronic sub- mot Cepphus grylle, Siberian Stonechat Saxicola mission form. Records can also be submitted by maura, Hume’s Leaf Warbler P humei and ordinary mail to CDNA, Postbus 45, 2080 AA Western Bonelli’s Warbler P bonelli. Santpoort-Zuid, the Netherlands, preferably using standard forms which can be obtained free Systematic list of accepted records of charge from the CDNA. On the website, it is possible to see which records are currently under Ross’s Goose / Ross’ Gans review, which were recently accepted and which Anser rossii 0,5,0 were rejected. 1 March to 14 April, Anjummerkolken, Dongeradeel, Friesland, and Jaap Deensgat, De Marne, Groningen, Decisions regarding taxonomy have been and 14-26 September, Bandpolder, Dongeradeel, Fries- delegated to the Dutch committee for avian sys- land, and 28 September to 18 October, Workumer- tematics, the Commissie Systematiek Neder- waard, Nijefurd, and Gaast, Wûnseradiel, Friesland, landse Avifauna (CSNA) which on 1 January adult, white morph, photographed (O Tol, M Jonker, 2003 consisted of the following members: J J F J Jansen et al); 23 November into 2003, Plaat van Arnoud B van den Berg, André J van Loon, C S Scheelhoek, Goedereede, Zuid-Holland, and Stinkgat, (Kees) Roselaar and George Sangster (secretary). Tholen, Zeeland, adult, white morph (D Groenendijk, In 2002, at least 353 species were recorded. In M Berlijn et al; Birding World 16: 10, 2003). addition, no less than four species reported in 2001 16 December to 7 April 2002, Den Bommel, Oostflakkee, Plaat van Scheelhoek and Stellendam, 2002 would be new to the Dutch list (Wilson’s Goedereede, and Strijen, Zuid-Holland, and Ramme- Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus, Lammergeier gors, Tholen, Zeeland, adult, white morph, photograph- Gypaetus barbatus, Elegant Tern Sterna elegans ed (P A Wolf, A McGeehan, A B van den Berg et al). and Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus) The 2001 record concerns a date extension (cf van but are all still under consideration, for various der Vliet et al 2002). All are considered to refer to two reasons. Possible other additions to the Dutch list returning individuals. A report on 25-26 December at reported in 2001, Black-browed Albatross Tha- Kampen, Overijssel, has not (yet) been submitted lassarche melanophris and Eurasian Crag Martin (cf van Dongen et al 2003), while a report of three at Hirundo rupestris, are also still in circulation. Tholen, Zeeland, on 2 November (van Dongen et al 2002) relates to ringed birds, which should be From earlier years, one species was added to the considered escapes. Dutch list: Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus (first record in 1975). Highlights in 2002 were Greenland White-fronted Goose / Groenlandse Kolgans the second Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroi- Anser albifrons flavirostris 14,22,22 des, the second and third Pallas’s Grasshopper 13-17 January, Polder Q, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, 10 (six Warbler Locustella certhiola, the third Bonelli’s adults and four juveniles), photographed, videoed Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus, the third Blyth’s Pipit (B Bos, D Bos, A B van den Berg et al; Dutch Birding Anthus godlewskii, the third Lanceolated 24: 115, plate 97, 2002); 3-4 February, Slochteren, Warbler L lanceolata, the fourth Lesser Scaup Groningen, nine (five adults and four juveniles), photographed, videoed (T Haitjema, M Klaij, W-J B Aythya affinis, the fourth Steppe Eagle Aquila Fontijn et al); 10 February, Ferwâlde (Ferwoude), and nipalensis and the fourth Franklin’s Gull Larus 16-17 March, Zurich, Wûnseradiel, and 27-28 April, pipixcan. 2002 was also the best year since 1900 Workumerwaard, Nijefurd, Friesland, adult, photo- for Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albi- graphed (S Bernardus, P van der Heide, J Bisschop et frons flavirostris, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloi- al; Dutch Birding 24: 184, plate 164, 2002); 8 March, des, Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva, Broad- Oostelijke Binnenpolder, Tienhoven, Maarssen, billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus, Lesser Utrecht, and 12 March, Polder Achteraf, Loosdrecht, Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes, Terek Sandpiper Wijdemeren, Utrecht, two, first-year (H R Russer, Xenus cinereus, Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo, B Huisman, R Pieterson et al). 2001 7 February to 30 March, Polder Achteraf, Loos- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus and drecht, Wijdemeren, Noord-Holland, and Oostelijke Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus, as well as Binnenpolder, Maarssen, Utrecht, adult female, wear- better than average for Eurasian Griffon Vulture ing neck band (EJJ), photographed, videoed (E van der Gyps fulvus (equalling the best year 2001), Linden et al). Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti and Two-barred The best year ever. Whether this reflects an increase Crossbill Loxia leucoptera. On the other hand, in wintering individuals, an increase in observer activ- 362 Rare birds in the Netherlands in 2002 ity, or both, is not clear. The 2001 record concerns a American Wigeon / Amerikaanse Smient date extension, as well as additional information Mareca americana 5,35,1 concerning the sex of the bird involved. In last year’s 7-12 January, Kapelsche Moer, Kapelle, Zeeland, adult report, the sex of three neck-banded birds was wrongly male, photographed (N de Schipper, P A Wolf, S Lili- mentioned: these concerned one male and two females paly et al); 31 March to 1 April, De Blikken, Groede, (instead of two males and one female as stated). EJJ was Oostburg, Zeeland, male, photographed (J Leclerq). a female (see above), while EJS and EJV were a pair. 2001 3 February to 22 March, Kapelsche Moer, Several reports have not (yet) been submitted (cf van Kapelle, Zeeland, adult male (N de Schipper, P L Mei- Dongen et al 2002): 12 January, Grave, Noord-Brabant; ninger, S Lilipaly et al); 2 April, Honswijksewaarden, 26 January, Randwijk, Zuid-Holland; 9 February, Tull en ‘t Waal, Houten, Utrecht, adult male, photo- Garrelsweer, Groningen; 10 February, Hilversumsche graphed (A Boele, A van Kleunen, K de Leeuw). Bovenmeent, Noord-Holland; and 16 February, south The 2001 and 2002 records at Kapelsche Moer are of Botshol, Utrecht (two). considered to refer to a returning individual first seen from 3 January to 26 February 2000 (cf van der Vliet et Ring-necked Duck / Ringsnaveleend al 2001), for which the 2001 sighting was not previous- Aythya collaris 5,14,1 ly accepted (cf van der Vliet et al 2002). As in 2001, 5-6 January, Ureterp aan de Vaart, Opsterland, Fries- several reports have not yet been submitted. For un- land, adult male (K Scholten, S Scholten, E Koops et al). known reasons, observers seem quite reluctant to sub- Only two females have ever been recorded in the mit reports of this species. 2002 reports not submitted Netherlands, in 1996 and 2001. include the following: 14 February, south of Utrecht, Utrecht; 17-24 March, Steenwaard, Utrecht; and 28 Lesser Scaup / Kleine Topper September, Doesburg, Gelderland (cf van Dongen et al Aythya affinis 0,3,1 2002). Other reports from 2002 have only recently 24-27 May, Vloeivelden, Hoogkerk, Groningen, Gro- been submitted and are still in circulation.