Chinese Pond Heron
Ardeola bacchus (Bonaparte, 1855) (0, 2)
Photo © Thomas Brown, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
STATUS
Eastern Asia. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Initially the 2004 records were placed in Category E but when the 2014 Kent record was accepted the two previous records were reviewed and accepted to become the first for Britain.
BBRC RECORDS
1.0). 2004 Norfolk Eccles-on-Sea, 2CY+, 31st October, photo; also in Hampshire.
(S. J. M. Gantlett, Birding World 17 (11): 472-473, plates 1 & 2; British Birds 98: plate 20; Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 2004: photo; BOURC (2006), Ibis 149: 195; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 599 - Cat. E; N. Bowman, British Birds 110: 335-338, plates 192 & 193; C. McInerny & A. Stoddart, British Birds 110: 345-354; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 570; BOURC (2017), Ibis 159: 926).
1.1). 2004 Hampshire East Dean, 2CY+, 13th November, photo; presumed same as Norfolk.
(S. J. M. Gantlett, Birding World 17 (11): 472-473, plate 3; A. Cox, Hampshire Bird Report 2004: 177, photo; BOURC (2006), Ibis 149: 195; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 599; N. Bowman, British Birds 110: 335-338; C. McInerny & A. Stoddart, British Birds 110: 345-354; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 570; BOURC (2017), Ibis 159: 926).
2). 2014 Kent Hythe and Saltwood, 2CY, 17th January to 13th March, photo, found dead, 25th March, DNA analysis.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 577, plate 306; I. Roberts, Kent Bird Report 2016: 187-189; BOURC (2017), Ibis 159: 238; I. Roberts & M. Dawson, British Birds 110: 338-344, plates 194-198; C. McInerny & A. Stoddart, British Birds 110: 345-354, plates 201 & 202).
