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Update 05-2023

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13-August-2023

The following species summary and/or species account have been updated following recent rarity committee decisions. Those marked with a [*] have been updated following British Birds Rarity Committee (BBRC) decisions, those marked with a [+] indicate that they have been updated following Scottish Birds Rarity Committee (SBRC) decisions, and those marked with a [#] indicate that they have been updated following Outer Hebrides Rarity Committee (OHRC) decisions.

Red-breasted Goose *
North American Canada Goose *
Cackling Goose *
Snow Goose #

Mandarin Duck #
Green-winged Teal #
Ring-necked Duck #
Lesser Scaup *
Harlequin Duck *
Surf Scoter #
 
Avocet #
American Golden Plover #
Little Ringed Plover #
Broad-billed Sandpiper *
Temminck’ Stint #
Buff-breasted Sandpiper #
Lesser Yellowlegs +
 
Sabine’s Gull #
Mediterranean Gull #
Ring-billed Gull #
 
White-billed Diver #
 
Wilson’s Petrel +
Black-browed Albatross *
 
Balearic Shearwater #
 
Glossy Ibis #
Great White Egret #
 
Snowy Owl *
 
Hobby #
 
Golden Oriole #

Blyth’s Reed Warbler #
Marsh Warbler #
 
Richard’s Pipit #
Olive-backed Pipit #
 
Common Rosefinch # 
 
Little Bunting #
Rustic Bunting *
 
The following species has been moved from Category E to the Systematic List
 
Red-breasted Goose
The following species now has added additional information as per all national rarities
 
Red-breasted Goose

Update 04-2023

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31-July-2023

Following consultations with Chris McInerny (Secretary SBRC) and Keith Naylor (Historical Records Consultant BOURC), the following records, thought to be accepted, are now known to be unsubstantiated. Those species marked [*] indicate that the species summary and/or species account has been modified to accommodate this update.
 
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper *
2004 Butt of Lewis, juvenile, 6th September. (OH Bird Report 2003 & 2004: 43)
2004 Ness, Lewis, one, 12th September. (OH Bird Report 2003 & 2004: 43)
 
Gyr Falcon
1855 Benbecula, shot, 21st October. (BirdGuides British and Irish Records Archive)

Rosy Starling *
1975 Reef, Lewis, one 12th August. (Scottish Birds Vol.9 No.4: 231)
1975 Manish, Harris, one, 15th August. (Scottish Birds Vol.9 No.4: 231)
 

Richard’s Pipit *
1979 Rubha Ardvule, South Uist, one, 22nd April. (Cunningham: 149-150)
 
Parrot Crossbill *
1962 Uig, Lewis, four, 11th October. (SBRC species analysis)
1962 North Rona, up to two on 9th – 11th October. (Murray, The birds of North Rona and Sula Sgeir Supplement to Scottish Birds Vol 43(1): 34)
The following Snowy Owl records were incorrectly assigned to Gyr Falcon and have therefore been removed

2005
Ness, Lewis, male, 21st December, photo; presumed same as other sites on Lewis, last seen 13th November (British Birds 100: 56–57). (British Birds 100: 725)

2006
Baleshare, North Uist, intermittently 11th – 23rd January; same, Balranald, North Uist, 21st April, photo; same, Corran Aird a’Mhorain, North Uist, 7th July to November, photo. (British Birds 100: 725)
 
Bru, Lewis, immature male, intermittently from 9th November to 11th December (British Birds 100: plate 59). (British Birds 100: 725)

2014
Grenitote, North Uist, male, 10th – 12th May, photo, presumed same as North Uist, Outer Hebrides 2013 (British Birds 107: 610).

Update 03-2023

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20-June-2023

The following species summaries have been updated. Those marked with a [#] indicate the species summary and/or the species account have been update following recent British Birds Records Committee (BBRC) decisions. Those marked with a [*] indicate the species summary and/or the species account have been update following recent Scottish Birds Records Committee (SBRC) decisions. Those marked with a [+] indicate the species summary and/or the species account have been update following recent Outer Hebrides Records Committee (OHRC) decisions.

North American Canada Goose#
Whooper Swan
Shoveler
Surf Scoter
Pallid Swift#
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper*
Wilson’s Phalarope#
Spotted Sandpiper#
Cory’s Shearwater*
Great Shearwater+
Honey-buzzard
White-tailed Eagle
Gyrfalcon#
Great Tit
Dusky Warbler*
Melodious Warbler*
Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler#
Grasshopper Warbler
Garden Warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler#
Swainson’s Thrush#
Mistle Thrush
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Dipper
Dunnock
Yellow Wagtail
British Yellow Wagtail
Buff-bellied Pipit#
Hornemann’s Arctic Redpoll#
Ortolan Bunting*
The following species has been added to Species not included in the systematic list
 
Green Woodpecker
The following species has had images added or replaced
 
European White-fronted Geese
Mandarin Duck
Surf Scoter
Curlew Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
Night Heron
White-billed diver
Melodious Warbler
Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler
Dipper
Dunnock
Common Rosefinch
The following species has had a video file added
 
White-billed Diver

Update 02-2023

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16-June-2023

The following 30 species, all locally scarce, now have added additional information as per all national,  Scottish, and local rarities. This includes (but not limited to) a species account, distribution, historical records with references, and all known sightings (proven, not proven, and unsubstantiated) with dates and references.
 
Those species marked [*] indicates that their summary has be modified to accommodate this update.
 
Those marked [#] indicates that they were formally national, Scottish, or local rarities
 
Dark-bellied Brent Goose*

Red-crested Pochard
Pochard*

Ptarmigan
Quail*

Spotted Crake*

Red-necked Grebe*
Great Crested Grebe

Pectoral Sandpiper* #
Green Sandpiper*
Wood Sandpiper*

Little Gull*

Little Egret* #

Osprey*
Marsh Harrier*

Hoopoe*
Great-Spotted Woodpecker*

Wood Warbler*
Yellow-browed Warbler* #
Reed Warbler*
Barred Warbler* #

Rose-coloured Starling* #

Ring Ouzel*

Red-breasted Flycatcher* #

Black Redstart*
Redstart*

Tree Pipit*
Scandinavian Rock Pipit

Hawfinch*
Bullfinch*
The following species have had images added or replaced
 
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Little Gull
Osprey
Little Egret
Wood Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Rose-coloured Starling
Ring Ouzel
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Black Redstart
Scandinavian Rock Pipit
Hawfinch

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