Hi Tweets,

Thought you might like to see what N American species are on the British Hit
Parade at present.

Michael Price We aren't flying...we're falling with style!
Vancouver BC Canada -Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story
mprice at mindlink.net

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>The following figures are taken from the last two issues of BB, except
>for the first 2 spp for which the most up-to-date figures I can find are
>from the papers in BB 85 no 12 and BB 87 no 12. For the remaining scarce
>migrants, figures are to 1995, for BB rarities to 1996:
>
>Species Total 1958 to 1996 (unless
> stated otherwise)
>
>Pectoral Sandpiper 1726 to 1990
>Ring-billed Gull 1237 to 1992
>Buff-breasted Sandpiper 680 to 1995
>Green-winged Teal 428 to 1995
>Surf Scoter 386 to 1995
>White-rumped Sandpiper 384
>Ring-necked Duck 362 to 1995
>American Wigeon 301
>Wilson's Phalarope 264
>Lesser Yellowlegs 213
>Blue-winged Teal 199
>American Golden Plover 199
>Long-billed Dowitcher 189
>Baird's Sandpiper 187
>Gyrfalcon 122 (most though not all are of
> Nearctic origin)
>
>I've not included Snow Goose in this due to the problems caused by
>escapes
>& feral birds. If small-race Canada Geese were properly recorded instead
>of being largely ignored as at present, they'd probably feature in this
>listing too.
>
>All of these, though, are topped by Great Northern Diver, Iceland Gull,
>Greenland Whitefront, Greenland Wheatear, Pink-footed Goose, Whooper
>Swan,
>Barnacle Goose & Light-bellied Brent Goose all of which cross the
>Atlantic to
>reach us for the winter or on migration. There is a tendency for us in
>Europe
>to think that its a big thing for birds from the other side of the
>Atlantic
>to visit us, but these (sub)species illustrate that it happens on a much
>larger scale.
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