Sam Viles

Thanks, agree it looks v good for minima

Do you have any photos showing the [pure] Cackling please? Would be cool to see

That bird is still present!

Is this a recent photo please Ron?

It’s actually Cat E …!

There is also a modern record of Snowfinch from RAF Lakenheath, a male resident for several years in the 1960-70s

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Hi Martin. Yes and yes. If you drop me an email I'll run you thru it

Amazing incursion of Russian White-fronted Geese - today's records from @birdguides.bsky.social #UKBirding 🪶

Record spread might it highly likely that a significant % of sparrows are. White-crowned Sparrow perhaps not tho, a fair few that seem to fit with genuine arrivals (plus some off boats)

Belgium hasn’t had a record of Great-tailed Grackle. Do you mean Boat-tailed

Grackles in the Western Palearctic Sam Viles takes a look at the history of grackle species occurring on the east side of the Atlantic.

www.birdguides.com/articles/wes...

The BOURC’s ship assisted policy is arbitrary and inconsistently followed. If you’re wanting to go and see it for a strict BOU British list, don’t bother. If you’re wanting to see a very smart-looking wild bird, go for it!

Couldn't be any better placed for a genuine ship-assisted vagrant

It sounds like you need to log back into the app

I agree with your overall point, but to say "no countries" are benefiting is unfair. Multiple severely threatened species in more tropical countries would be faring far worse or likely even extinct without ecotourism

This should be possible already. What device are you using, please?

It is undoubtedly woefully under recorded in the stats owing to a (very) high bar for acceptance, however here are currently only nine accepted records with the BBRC: Cornwall, Essex, London, Bedfordshire, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire & Scilly

Thanks Freddy. Could you DM me the photo(s) please?

When was the Pied Crow please Freddy? Are there any photos?

It wasn’t a drake!

I saw a photo of the Cattawade bird around the time the Abberton bird first appeared. Looked a bit odd but couldn’t pinpoint why

I would agree with you