06:00, 23 FEB 2016
Bird Notes columnist Julian Hughes of RSPB Conwy reveals what birds
have been spotted in the past week and where to go birding in the coming days
Many birders keep lists: the birds they’ve seen in their lifetime;
birds seen in Britain , or in their home
county; and some keep a “year-list” too.
The keeper of the British List, on which all these are based, is the
British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU), a panel of experts who assess the
sightings.
Last week, the BOU heralded a numeric milestone, with admission of the
600th species to the British List.
The Yelkouan Shearwater breeds on seacliffs in the eastern
Mediterranean and winters in the Black Sea .
A few fly west into the Atlantic, and one of these birds was spotted
off the south coast of Devon .
This is a possible visitor to North Wales ,
so seabird enthusiasts should gen up on the finer points of their
identification before next autumn.
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