Lincolnshire Bird Club

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Update October 2009
KEY
RBBP. Nationally scarce breeding species, monitored by the Rare Breeding Birds Panel.
These are now divided into four categories: A - rare species B- less scarce species C - less scarce and widespread species (currently there are no species in this category) D - rare, non-native species
Any breeding season sighting, in suitable habitat, should be reported to the County Recorder as soon as possible.


Species	Records requested/descriptions required
Red-throated Diver	All inland records; all coastal records in summer, site monthly max counts outside this period
Black-throated Diver	All records
Great Northern Diver	All records
White-billed Diver	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/08)
Yellow-nosed Albatross	All records BBRC
Little Grebe	Breeding records from defined areas; monthly max count each site all year
Great Crested Grebe	Breeding records from defined areas; monthly max count each site all year
Red-necked Grebe	All records
Slavonian Grebe	All records
Black-necked Grebe	All records RBBP-A
Fulmar	All inland records; all coastal records in winter, monthly max from each site outside this period; all counts during movements
Cory's Shearwater	All records LBRC
Great Shearwater	All records LBRC
Sooty Shearwater	All records
Manx Shearwater	All records
Mediterranean Shearwater	All records LBRC
Storm Petrel	All records LBRC
Leach's Petrel	All records
Gannet	All inland records; all coastal records in winter, monthly max from each site outside this period; all counts during movements
Cormorant	All inland records; all coastal records in summer, site monthly max counts outside this period
Shag	All records
Bittern	All records RBBP-A
Little Bittern	All records BBRC
Night Heron	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/01)
Green Heron	All records BBRC
Squacco Heron	All records BBRC
Cattle Egret	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/08)
Little Egret	All inland records; monthly max count each site all year RBBP-A
Great White Egret	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Grey Heron	All breeding colony records; monthly max at feeding sites
Purple Heron	All records LBRC
Black Stork	All records BBRC
White Stork	All records LBRC
Glossy Ibis	All records BBRC
Spoonbill	All records RBBP-A
Mute Swan	Site monthly max all year
Bewick's Swan	All records. Whistling Swan, all records BBRC.
Whooper Swan	All records
Tundra Bean Goose	All records LBRC
Taiga Bean Goose	All records LBRC
Pink-footed Goose	All summer records; monthly site max counts in winter
European White-fronted Goose	All records (indicate if known feral/possibly wild)
Greenland White-fronted Goose	All records LBRC
Lesser White-fronted Goose	All records BBRC
Greylag Goose	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year
Snow Goose	All records BBRC only if potentially wild and identified to race
Ross's Goose	All records BBRC
Greater Canada Goose	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year. BBRC if possibly wild and identified to race
Small Canada Goose	All records BBRC only if potentially wild and identified to race
Barnacle Goose	All records (indicate if known feral/possibly wild)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose	All inland records; all coastal records in summer, site monthly max ouside this period. All records of other subspecies
Pale-bellied Brent Goose	All records
Black Brant	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 30/06/05)
Red-breasted Goose	All records BBRC
Egyptian Goose	All records
Ruddy Shelduck	All records (Notes required to rule out Cape Shelduck)
Shelduck	Site monthly max; breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known) from defined sites
Mandarin Duck	All records
Wigeon	All summer records; site monthly max rest of year
American Wigeon	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/01)
Falcated Duck	All records BBRC
Gadwall	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year RBBP-B
Teal	All records, including breeding (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known) in summer records; site monthly max in winter; A c carolinensis all records
Green-winged Teal	All records LBRC
Mallard	Site monthly max all year
Pintail	All records RBBP-A
Garganey	All records RBBP-A
Blue-winged Teal	All records BBRC
Shoveler	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year RBBP-A
Red-crested Pochard	All records RBBP-D
Pochard	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year RBBP-D
Ring-necked Duck	All records LBRC
Ferruginous Duck	All records LBRC (BBRC 01/01/99-31/12/05)
Tufted Duck	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year
Scaup	All records
Lesser Scaup	All records BBRC
Eider	Monthly max counts at regular sites, all records elsewhere
King Eider	All records BBRC
Long-tailed Duck	All records
Common Scoter	Monthly max counts at regular sites, all records elsewhere
Velvet Scoter	All records
Goldeneye	All records in summer; monthly site max counts outside this period
Smew	All records
Red-breasted Merganser	All records
Goosander	Monthly max counts at regular sites, all records elsewhere
Ruddy Duck	All records
Honey Buzzard	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Black Kite	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Red Kite	All records RBBP-A
White-tailed Eagle	All records LBRC
Marsh Harrier	All records RBBP-A
Hen Harrier	All records RBBP
Montagu's Harrier	All records RBBP
Goshawk	All records LBRC RBBP-B
Sparrowhawk	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year
Buzzard	All records
Rough-legged Buzzard	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Golden Eagle	All records LBRC
Osprey	All records RBBP-A
Kestrel	Site monthly maxcounts all year nestbox schemes (number of boxes available, number used, outcome if known)
Red-footed Falcon	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Merlin	All records
Hobby	All records RBBP
Gyrfalcon	All records BBRC
Peregrine	All records RBBP-A
Black Grouse	All records LBRC
Red-legged Partridge	Site monthly max counts all year
Grey Partridge	Site monthly max counts all year
Quail	Monthly max count of calling birds at regular sites, all records elsewhere RBBP-B
Pheasant	Site monthly max counts all year
Water Rail	All records in summer; site monthly max counts outside this period
Spotted Crake	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Sora	All records BBRC
Little Crake	All records BBRC
Corncrake	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Moorhen	Site monthly max counts all year
Coot	Site monthly max counts all year
Crane	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Little Bustard	All records BBRC
McQueen's Bustard	All records BBRC
Great Bustard	All records BBRC
Oystercatcher	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year
Black-winged Stilt	All records BBRC
Avocet	All records RBBP-A
Stone-curlew	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Cream-coloured Courser	All records BBRC
Collared Pratincole	All records BBRC
Little Ringed Plover	First and last dates; details of passage; monthly max counts at regular sites, all records elsewhere RBBP-B
Ringed Plover	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year
Kentish Plover	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Lesser Sand Plover	All records BBRC
Greater Sand Plover	All records BBRC
Dotterel	All records LBRC
American Golden Plover	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Pacific Golden Plover	All records BBRC
Golden Plover	All records in summer, site monthly max counts outside this period
Grey Plover	All records inland, monthly max counts all year at coastal sites
Sociable Plover	All records BBRC
Lapwing	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year, details of winter influxes
Knot	All records inland; all coastal records in summer, site monthly max counts outside this period
Sanderling	All records inland, monthly max counts all year at coastal sites
Semi-palmated Sandpiper	All records BBRC
Little Stint	All records
Temminck's Stint	All records LBRC
White-rumped Sandpiper	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Baird's Sandpiper	All records BBRC
Pectoral Sandpiper	All records LBRC
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	All records BBRC
Curlew Sandpiper	Weekly max counts at regular sites, all records elsewhere
Purple Sandpiper	All records
Dunlin	Site monthly max counts all year
Broad-billed Sandpiper	All records BBRC
Stilt Sandpiper	All records BBRC
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	All records LBRC
Ruff	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); monthly max counts from regular sites, all records elsewhere RBBP-A
Jack Snipe	All records
Snipe	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year
Great Snipe	All records BBRC
Long-billed Dowitcher	All records BBRC
Woodcock	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year
Black-tailed Godwit	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); monthly max counts from regular sites, all records elsewhere RBBP-A
Hudsonian Godwit	All records BBRC
Bar-tailed Godwit	All records inland; monthly max counts at coastal sites all year
Whimbrel	All records inland; monthly max counts at coastal sites all year
Curlew	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year
Spotted Redshank	Monthly max counts at regular sites, all records elsewhere
Redshank	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year
Marsh Sandpiper	All records BBRC
Greenshank	All records inland, monthly max counts at coastal sites
Lesser Yellowlegs	All records BBRC
Greater Yellowlegs	All records BBRC
Solitary Sandpiper	All records BBRC
Green Sandpiper	Site monthly max counts all year
Wood Sandpiper	All records
Terek Sandpiper	All records BBRC
Common Sandpiper	All records inland, monthly max counts at coastal sites
Spotted Sandpiper	All records BBRC
Turnstone	All records inland, monthly max counts at coastal sites
Wilson's Phalarope	All records BBRC
Red-necked Phalarope	All records LBRC
Grey Phalarope	All records LBRC
Pomarine Skua	All records
Arctic Skua	All records
Long-tailed Skua	All records
Great Skua	All records
Mediterranean Gull	All records RBBP-A
Laughing Gull	All records BBRC
Franklin's Gull	All records BBRC
Little Gull	All records RBBP-A
Sabine's Gull	All records LBRC
Bonaparte's Gull	All records BBRC
Black-headed Gull	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts all year
Ring-billed Gull	All records LBRC
Common Gull	Site monthly max counts all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull	All records inland; all breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); all records of scarcer races; monthly max counts at coastal sites
Herring Gull	Site monthly max counts all year
Yellow-legged Gull	All records RBBP-A
Caspian Gull	All records LBRC
Audouin's Gull	All records BBRC
Iceland Gull	All records LBRC
Glaucous Gull	All records
Great Black-backed Gull	Site monthly max counts all year
Kittiwake	All records inland; monthly max counts at coastal sites all year
Gull-billed Tern	All records BBRC
Caspian Tern	All records BBRC
Lesser Crested Tern	All records BBRC
Sandwich Tern	All inland records; all breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); coastal site monthly max in autumn, all records outside autumn passage
Roseate Tern	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Common Tern	First and last dates; all breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts
Arctic Tern	All records
Little Tern	First and last dates; all breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts RBBP-B
Whiskered Tern	All records BBRC
Black Tern	All records RBBP-A
White-winged Black Tern	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Guillemot	All records
Razorbill	All records
Black Guillemot	All records LBRC
Little Auk	All records
Puffin	All records LBRC
Pallas's Sandgrouse	All records BBRC
Feral Pigeon	Site monthly max counts all year
Stock Dove	Site monthly max counts all year
Woodpigeon	Site monthly max counts all year
Collared Dove	Site monthly max counts all year
Turtle Dove	First and last dates; passage counts; site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period
Rose-ringed Parakeet	All records LBRC
Great Spotted Cuckoo	All records BBRC
Cuckoo	First and last dates; passage counts; site monthly max counts
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	All records BBRC
Barn Owl	All records incl nestbox schemes (number of boxes available, number used, outcome if known)
Scops Owl	All records BBRC
Snowy Owl	All records BBRC
Little Owl	All records; nestbox schemes
Tawny Owl	Monthly max counts at logged sites, all records elsewhere; nestbox schemes
Long-eared Owl	All records
Short-eared Owl	All records
Tengmalm's Owl	All records BBRC
Nightjar	All records
Swift	First and last dates; passage and large movement counts; site monthly max in summer, all records outside this period
Pallid Swift	All records BBRC
Alpine Swift	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Little Swift	All records BBRC
Kingfisher	All records
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater	All records BBRC
Bee-eater	All records LBRC
Roller	All records BBRC
Hoopoe	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Wryneck	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Green Woodpecker	Monthly max counts at regular sites, all records elsewhere
Gt Spotted Woodpecker	Monthly max counts at regular sites, all records elsewhere
Lr Spotted Woodpecker	All records
Short-toed Lark	All records LBRC
Woodlark	All records RBBP-B
Skylark	Site monthly max counts all year
Shore Lark	All records LBRC away from Donna Nook and Gib Point
Sand Martin	First and last dates; breeding colony counts; site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period
Swallow	First and last dates; passage details including roost counts
Red-rumped Swallow	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
House Martin	First and last dates; regular colony counts from defined areas
Richard's Pipit	All records LBRC
Tawny Pipit	All records LBRC
Olive-backed Pipit	All records BBRC
Tree Pipit	All records
Meadow Pipit	Site monthly max counts all year
Red-throated Pipit	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Rock Pipit	Monthly max counts at regular sites, all other records
Water Pipit	All records LBRC
Buff-bellied Pipit	All records BBRC
Yellow Wagtail (flavissima)	First and last dates; breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period;
Yellow Wagtail (flava)	All records LBRC
Yellow Wagtail (thunbergi)	All records LBRC
Yellow Wagtail (all other races)	All records BBRC
Citrine Wagtail	All records BBRC
Grey Wagtail	Breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); monthly max counts from regular sites, all other records
Pied Wagtail	Site monthly max counts all year; all records of white wagtails M a alba
White Wagtail	All records
Waxwing	Site max/date during invasions, all records in other years
Dipper	All records BBRC (all Lincs records are likely to be Black-bellied)
Wren	Site monthly max counts all year
Dunnock	Site monthly max counts all year; passage records
Alpine Accentor	All records BBRC
Rufous Bush Robin	All records BBRC
Robin	Site monthly max counts all year; passage records
Thrush Nightingale	All records BBRC
Nightingale	All records
Bluethroat	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Red-flanked Bluetail	All records BBRC
Black Redstart	All records RBBP-A
Redstart	Site weekly max count in autumn; all other records
Whinchat	Site weekly max count in autumn; all other records
Stonechat	All records
Wheatear	Site monthly max in passage months; all other records
Pied Wheatear	All records BBRC
Desert Wheatear	All records BBRC
Ring Ouzel	All records
Blackbird	Site monthly max counts all year; passage records
Fieldfare	Site monthly max counts in winter; all other records RBBP
Song Thrush	Site monthly max counts all year; passage records
Redwing	Site monthly max counts in winter; all other records RBBP
Mistle Thrush	Site monthly max counts all year; passage records
American Robin	All records BBRC
Cetti's Warbler	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Lanceolated Warbler	All records BBRC
Grasshopper Warbler	All records
River Warbler	All records BBRC
Savi's Warbler	All records BBRC RBBP-A (LBRC up until 31/12/1998)
Aquatic Warbler	All records LBRC
Sedge Warbler	First and last dates; passage counts; site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period
Blyth's Reed Warbler	All records BBRC
Marsh Warbler	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Reed Warbler	First and last dates; passage details; site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period
Great Reed Warbler	All records BBRC
Booted Warbler	All records BBRC
Icterine Warbler	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Dartford Warbler	All records LBRC
Subalpine Warbler	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Sardinian Warbler	All records BBRC
Barred Warbler	All records LBRC
Lesser Whitethroat	First and last dates; site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period
Whitethroat	First and last dates; site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period
Garden Warbler	First and last dates; site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period
Blackcap	First and last dates; site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period
Greenish Warbler	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Arctic Warbler	All records BBRC
Pallas's Warbler	All records LBRC
Hume'sWarbler	All records BBRC
Yellow browed Warbler	All records
Radde's Warbler	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Dusky Warbler	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Wood Warbler	All records LBRC
Chiffchaff	First and last dates; site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period
Willow Warbler	First and last dates; site monthly max counts in summer, all records outside this period
Goldcrest	First and last dates; passage details; site monthly max counts all year
Firecrest	All records RBBP-A
Spotted Flycatcher	All records
Red breasted Flycatcher	All records LBRC
Pied Flycatcher	All records
Bearded Tit	All breeding records (site, number of pairs/nests, outcome if known); monthly max counts all year at regular sites, all other records
Long tailed Tit	Site monthly max counts all year
Marsh Tit	Site monthly max counts all year; nestbox records (number of boxes available, number used, outcome if known)
Willow Tit	Site monthly max counts all year; nestbox records
Coal Tit	Site monthly max counts all year; nestbox records
Blue Tit	Site monthly max counts all year; nestbox records
Great Tit	Site monthly max counts all year; nestbox records
Nuthatch	All records
Treecreeper	Site monthly max counts all year; nestbox records
Penduline Tit	All records BBRC
Golden Oriole	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Isabelline Shrike	All records BBRC
Red backed Shrike	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Lesser Grey Shrike	All records BBRC
Great Grey Shrike	All records LBRC
Southern Grey Shrike	All records BBRC
Woodchat Shrike	All records LBRC
Jay	Monthly max counts at logged sites, all records elsewhere
Magpie	Site monthly max counts all year
Nutcracker	All records BBRC
Jackdaw	Site monthly max counts all year
Rook	Annual total selected rookeries; site monthly max counts all year
Carrion Crow	Site monthly max counts all year; all records Hooded Crow C.c.corone
Hooded Crow	All records LBRC
Raven	All records LBRC away from breeding site
Starling	Site monthly max counts all year
Rose-coloured Starling	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/01)
House Sparrow	Site monthly max counts all year
Tree Sparrow	Site monthly max counts all year, nestbox records
Chaffinch	Site monthly max counts all year
Brambling	First and last dates; site monthly max in winter, all other records RBBP-A
Serin	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Greenfinch	Site monthly max counts all year
Goldfinch	Site monthly max counts all year
Siskin	Monthly max counts in invasions, all other records
Linnet	Site monthly max counts all year
Twite	Monthly max counts regular sites, all other records
Lesser Redpoll	Site monthly max counts all year; all records of Mealy Redpoll C f flammea
Common Redpoll	All records LBRC
Arctic Redpoll	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Two-barred Crossbill	All records BBRC
Crossbill	All records
Parrot Crossbill	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/08) RBBP-A
Scarlet Rosefinch	All records LBRC RBBP-A
Bullfinch	Site monthly max counts all year
Hawfinch	All records RBBP-A
American Redstart	All records BBRC
Northern Waterthrush	All records BBRC
White-throated Sparrow	All records BBRC
Lapland Bunting	All records
Snow Bunting	All records
Pine Bunting	All records BBRC
Yellowhammer	Site monthly max counts all year
Cirl Bunting	All records LBRC
Ortolan Bunting	All records LBRC
Rustic Bunting	All records LBRC (BBRC up until 31/12/05)
Little Bunting	All records LBRC
Yellow-breasted Bunting	All records BBRC
Reed Bunting	Site monthly max counts all year
Black-headed Bunting	All records BBRC
Corn Bunting	Site monthly max counts all year