Holland Haven Birding

THE HOLLAND HAVEN SPECIES LIST, (version 2, August 2009).

Welcome to the updated species list for Holland Haven. In addition to all relevant records for 2008 we have also included all additional historical data that has subsequently come to light. A number of species summaries have also been re-written and/or expanded.

With the addition of Storm Petrel, Holland Haven Birding.com now recognises a total of 259 species as having been recorded from within the site boundaries up to and including the 31^st December 2008.

All 259 species are listed below complete with either a status summary or, where site rarities are concerned, dated records of each known occurrence.

Holland Haven Birding.com accepts that data for a few species may still be incomplete and work continues to unearth such historical records which may be missing. Also, some species known to have occurred have been deliberately omitted as some critical details, specifically the date of record, have been lost (i.e. Bittern, Goshawk, Golden Oriole). Should any readers be aware of any such omissions we would be most grateful for details (minimum of species name and date seen) that may then be incorporated within the next refresh scheduled for early 2010.

Despite the addition of only a single new species in 2008 there is nonetheless ample scope during 2009 for further species to be recorded and for the overall site list to push through the 260 mark. For example Tawny Pipit and Sub Alpine Warbler, (both of which have been recorded ‘either side’ of the Haven at Walton-on-the-Naze and Colne Point respectively), or perhaps one of the ‘hot tips’ detailed within the introduction to the 2008 report (Black Winged Stilt, Golden Oriole, Meally Redpoll)? Perhaps with the long awaited re-commencement of regular ringing activity an Aquatic, Raddes or Dusky Warbler will be found early one autumn morning hanging in the bottom shelf of a mist net?

This species list is maintained by Holland Haven Birding.com solely on the basis of ‘beyond reasonable doubt’. That is to say we apply no other criteria, i.e. county or national record assessment, which is why certain records appearing below, having for various reasons never been submitted, may not be found in any county or national report.

Pete Davis    

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