Baikal Teal
Sibirionetta formosa Georgi, 1775 (1, 10)
Photo © Pallav Pranjal, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
STATUS
Eastern Siberia. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Only admitted to Category A of the British List in 2009. With the first record feather analysis was consistent with its origin being from Siberia.
Heavily persecuted during the twentieth century but has now recovered due to less hunting of the species.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1906 Essex Marsh House Decoy, Maldon, immature male, shot, 1st January, now at Chelmsford Museum (Acc. No. CHMER E9108).
(W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16: 80-81; Eds., Field 26th May 1906: 858; J. H. Gurney, jun., Zoologist 1907: 122; Glegg, 1929; Wood, 2007; BOURC (2010), Ibis 152: 199; A. H. J. Harrop & R. Y. McGowan, British Birds 102: 691-696, plate 445; S. C. Votier, G. J. Bowen & J. Newton, British Birds 102: 697-699).
2). 2001 Suffolk Minsmere RSPB, first-winter male, 18th November to 29th December, photo.
(Birding World 14 (11): 453, photo; B. Small, Birding World 14 (11): 479-481, plates 1-2; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 524, plates 12 & 312; A. H. J. Harrop & R. Y. McGowan, British Birds 102: 691-696, plate 448; BOURC (2010), Ibis 152: 199; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 567).
3). 2002 Oxfordshire Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt, male, 22nd to 24th December, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 567).
4). 2010 Essex Chigborough Lakes, juvenile male, 2nd October, photo.
(Birding World 23 (10): 414, photo; British Birds 104: plates 262 & 263; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 562, plates 292 & 293).
5). 2013 Yorkshire Flamborough Head, male, 15th April, photo.
(British Birds 106: plate 223; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 107: 584).
6). 2013 Lancashire & North Merseyside Crossens Outer Marsh, Southport, male, 30th November to 11th December, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 107: 584, plate 278).
7). 2014 Cambridgeshire Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB then Ouse Washes RSPB, male, 16th March to 3rd May, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 569, plate 321).
8). 2021 Hampshire Ripley Farm Reservoir, 2CY+, male, 14th to 16th March, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 557).
9). 2021 Fair Isle Da Water, 2CY+, male, 29th September to 4th October, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 557, plates 409-411).
10.0). 2021 Staffordshire Aqualate Mere, 1CY+, male, 21st December, photo; also in Somerset.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 557).
10.1). 2021 Somerset Greylake RSPB, 1CY+, male, 29th December to 14th March 2022, photo; same as Staffordshire.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 557-558; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 552).
11). 2022 Yorkshire Hornsea Mere, male, 9th January; presumed same, Swinemoor, Beverley, 13th January to 5th April, photo.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 552).
P). 2023 Breconshire Llangorse Lake, male, 9th to 10th and 14th to 18th January, photo.
(birding information services).
P). 2023 Nottinghamshire Finningley GPs, female, 20th to 25th January, photo.
(birding information services).
P). 2023 Caernarfonshire Foryd Bay and nearby, male, 5th to 13th and 24th February to 21st March, photo.
(birding information services).
P). 2023 Somerset Greylake RSPB, adult male, 28th to 30th December, again, 31st January to 25th February 2024, photo, again, 12th to 13th March 2024; presumed returning individual.
(birding information services).
P). 2024 Somerset Catcott NR, female, 6th January.
(birding information services).
P). 2024 Co. Durham Stoneybeck Lake and Castle Lake, Bishop Middleham, first-winter male, 7th to 19th January, photo.
(birding information services).
