S uff Olk Bird Report 2001 mistake having been made. It also includes records that have been previously published in the bulletins of the Suffolk Ornithologists' Group, British Birds and/or the populär birding press fo, which further détails were not forthcoming. It does not include records still under considération
Guide to species The following list shows all the species recorded in the County and thus this is also a checklis for Suffolk. For any species not listed, a full description will be required. The list shows those species accepted into Catégories A, B and C, as per the British Ornithologists' Union (see thi Introduction to the Systematic List for more détails). Note that a large number of species includei can also fall into Catégories D and E (basically as escapees); a description of such a bird may be requested but will be essential if it is believed that the bird is of wild origin. Note that, with effect from 1 January 2002, the following species are no longer considerei by BBRC but that full descriptions still need to be considered by SORC: • Black-crowned Night-heron • American Wigeon • Rosy Starling Red-throated Diver Black-throated Diver Great Northern Diver Yellow-billed Diver Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Red-necked Grebe Slavonian Grebe Black-necked Grebe Northern Fulmar Cory's Shearwater Great Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Balearic Shearwater European Storm-petrel Leach's Storm-petrel Northern Gannet Great Cormorani European Shag Great Bittern Little Bittern Black-crowned Night-heron Squacco Heron* Cattle Egret Little Egret Great Egret Grey Heron Purple Heron Black Stork White Stork Glossy Ibis Eurasian Spoonbill Mute Swan Tundra (Bewick's) Swan Whooper Swan Bean Goose Tundra Taiga
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Pink-footed Goose 3 Greater White-fronted Goose 3 Lesser White-fronted Goose** 1 4 Greylag Goose Snow Goose** 1 Canada Goose 4 Barnacle Goose 3 Brent Goose Dark-bellied 4 Pale-bellied 5 Black Brant 1 Red-breasted Goose** 1 Egyptian Goose 3 1 Ruddy Shelduck */** 4 Common Shelduck 4 Mandarin Duck Eurasian Wigeon 4 American Wigeon 2 4 Gadwall 4 Eurasian Teal Green-winged Teal 2 4 Mallard 4 Northern Pintail Garganey 3 Blue-winged Teal 1 4 Northern Shoveler Red-crested Pochard 3 Common Pochard 3 2 Ring-necked Duck 1 Ferruginous Duck 4 Tufted Duck Greater Scaup 3 Common Eider 3 Long-tailed Duck 3 Black (Common) Scoter 3 Velvet Scoter 3 Bufflehead 1 Common Goldeneye 4 Smew 3 134
Red-breasted Merganser Goosander Ruddy Duck European Honey-buzzard Black Kite Red Kite White-tailed Eagle Eurasian Marsh Harrier Hen Harrier Pallid Harrier Montagu's Harrier Northern Goshawk Eurasian Sparrowhawk Common Buzzard Rough-legged Buzzard Greater Spotted Eagle* Osprey Common Kestrel Red-footed Falcon Merlin Eurasian Hobby Gyr Falcon* Peregrine Falcon Red-legged Partridge Grey Partridge Common Quail Common Pheasant Golden Pheasant Water Rail Spotted Crake Little Crake Baillons Crake* Corn Crake Common Moorhen Allen's Gallinule* Common Coot Common Crane Little Bustard
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