Ruddy Shelduck evaluation (1 Viewer)

[bonxie birder]

Does anyone have any news on the Ruddy Shelduck analysis being done the BBRC? I originally had it on my list but subsequently I removed all my records awaiting their outcome. As you can see my British list and local list are perilous close to significant landmarks and the ruddy shelduck conundrum may have an anticlimactic effect. I don’t really want my 450th British bird to be from my armchair. Like most of us i have several records, the first dating back to 1997.

 

[Farnboro John]

Currently the BOURC policy on acceptance places the bar higher for firsts of Cat C birds from the Continent than for presumed wild firsts. That tells you all you need to know.

John

 

[Mysticete]

Does anyone have any news on the Ruddy Shelduck analysis being done the BBRC? I originally had it on my list but subsequently I removed all my records awaiting their outcome. As you can see my British list and local list are perilous close to significant landmarks and the ruddy shelduck conundrum may have an anticlimactic effect. I don’t really want my 450th British bird to be from my armchair. Like most of us i have several records, the first dating back to 1997.

I can't speak of countability of this species, but the way I handle this sort of situation is to just grandfather them in at the time they were seen.

So say you have seen 440 species for your British list. Then you see the Ruddy Shelduck. You see 9 more species, than the Shelduck gets added, pushing you to 450. If you already treated the Shelduck as previously seen, it would be the 441st species, meaning the last species you saw before the Shelduck would now be your 450th bird. Does that make sense?