Orkney

Orkney Islands

Steve Dudley, email

Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DW

Members:

Barrie Hamill, Alan Leitch, David Roche, Malcolm Russell, Tom Wells and Stuart Williams with Steve Dudley as non-voting secretary.

List of species that the committee considers:

Forms for written descriptions are available from the Orkney Bird Recorder, Steve Dudley by email or at Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DW. Completed forms should be returned to him.

Snow Goose, Taiga Bean Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Bewick’s Swan, Egyptian Goose, Mandarin Duck, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Red-crested Pochard (females, juveniles), Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter (females, juveniles), Ptarmigan, Black Grouse, Nightjar, Stock Dove, Spotted Crake (sight records), Crane, Great Crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Avocet, American Golden Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Temminck’s Stint, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Sabine’s Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Kumlien’s Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (intermedius), Roseate Tern, Black Tern, Long-tailed Skua (non-adults), White-billed Diver, Balearic Shearwater, White Stork, Glossy Ibis, Spoonbill, Bittern, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Honey-buzzard, Golden Eagle, Goshawk, Red Kite, White-tailed Eagle, Rough-legged Buzzard, Barn Owl (alba), Hoopoe, Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Green Woodpecker, Hobby, Golden Oriole, Jay, Magpie, Chough, Bearded Tit, Shore Lark, Short-toed Lark, Pallas’s Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler (sight records),  Barred Warbler, Firecrest, Treecreeper, Rose-coloured Starling, Nightingale, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Dipper, Richard’s Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Water Pipit, Scandinavian Rock Pipit (littoralis), Common Rosefinch, Ortolan Bunting, Little Bunting.

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