Surrey Checklist

[Mal92]

Hi
I've recently posted the Surrey Checklist on my free, non-commercial website www.printablebirdchecklists.homestead.com

If anyone would like to take a look and let me know if there are any omissions, discrepancies or errors, I would be most grateful.

Regards

Mal :t:

[Surreybirder]

Hi, Mal,
You don't define Surrey. If you mean VC17, I'm not sure that all those waders should be in there as some will be from Staines.
If you mean modern Surrey, it should be pointed out that Jeff Wheatley is only recorder for the Watsonian vice-county.
Birds of Surrey by Jeff (2007) has several check-lists, so I'd have a look at that.

You should add at least the following:
black-throated loon
Montagu's harrier
little crake
white-tailed eagle
grey phalarope
Pom skua
long-tailed skua
razorbill
little auk
black guillemot
barred warbler
Icky warbler
rose-coloured starling
Isabelline shrike
lesser redpoll
parrot crossbill
I'm pretty sure that glaucous-winged gull was seen last year.

Cannot remember whether you had snow and little bunting.

sooty tern (not VC17)

[Mal92]

Thanks for the info. I'll update the checklist in the next few days.

Regards

Mal

[Johnny Allan]

Hi Mal,

a fantastic job you're doing but as Ken says, the area covered by the Surrey Bird Club is the Watsonian Vice County. Details here:

http://www.diporglory.co.uk/page7.html

And here:

http://www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk/index.html

Boundaries of counties change, and much of Surrey is now actually Greater London, but the Vice Counties remain constant. Vice Counties were created for, and are essential to, continuity in recording flora and fauna.

Keep up the good work.

Kind regards

Johnny Allan