White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus (Lichtenstein, MHK, 1823) (0, 7)
Photo © Graham Catley - Blacktoft Sands, Yorkshire, August 2021
STATUS
South-west Asia. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Smith et al. (2019) states that the 1984 individual was seen on 24th, 26-28th May and 3rd June contra British Birds.
Amazingly, the three individuals that were found in the 21st century were relocated some miles away from their original sightings.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1975 Warwickshire Packington Gravel-pits, adult male, 12th to 18th July.
(J. N. Dymond and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 69: 334; A. R. Dean, J. E. Fortey & E. G. Phillips, British Birds 70: 465-471; R. J. Fairbank, British Birds 71: 128; BOURC (1978), Ibis 120: 409).
2). 1979 Dorset Chesil beach, Abbotsbury, 3rd July, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 73: 506; J. A. Alford, British Birds 74: 228).
3). 1984 Co. Durham Cleadon, 21st May.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 545; B. S. Bates, British Birds 79: 293-294).
4). 1984 Shropshire Allscott, near Telford, 24th to 25th May.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 545; J. Sankey, British Birds 79: 294-295; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 473; Smith et al., 2019).
5.0). 2007 Dumfries & Galloway Caerlaverock WWT, Dumfriesshire, adult, 6th to 8th June, photo.
(British Birds 100: plate 187; R. Hesketh, Birding World 20 (6): 240-242, plates 1-2, 5-6; Birding World 20 (12): 512, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 537, plate 267; R. Hesketh, Scottish Birds 29: 83-85, plates 69-74; Dumfries & Galloway Bird Report 2007-08: plate 8).
5.1). 2007 Lancashire & North Merseyside Leighton Moss RSPB, adult, 10th to 17th June, photo; same as Dumfries & Galloway.
(R. Hesketh, Birding World 20 (6): 240-242, plates 7 & 8; White, McCarthy & Jones, 2008; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 537).
6.0). 2010 Lancashire & North Merseyside Seaforth NR, adult, 27th to 28th May, photo; also in Essex/Greater London, Gloucestershire, Lancashire & North Merseyside.
(Birding World 23 (5): 182, photo; British Birds 103: plate 236; Birding World 23 (12): 535, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 578, plate 304).
6.1). 2010 Essex/Greater London Rainham Marshes RSPB, adult, 7th July, photo; same as Lancashire & North Merseyside; also in Gloucestershire, Kent.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 578).
6.2). 2010 Gloucestershire Slimbridge WWT, adult, 9th to 10th July, photo; same as Lancashire & North Merseyside; also in Greater London/Essex, Kent.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 578).
6.3). 2010 Kent Dungeness RSPB, adult, 11th to 21st July, photo; same as Lancashire & North Merseyside; also in Gloucestershire, Greater London/Essex.
(Birding World 23 (7): 281, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 578; D. Walker, Kent Bird Report 2010: 162, plates 11 & 12).
7.0). 2021 Kent Stodmarsh NNR, 2CY+, 2nd June, photo; also in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 564).
7.1). 2021 Yorkshire Blacktoft Sands RSPB, 2CY+, 26th August to 20th December, photo; also in Lincolnshire, Norfolk.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 564).
7.2). 2021 Lincolnshire East Halton Skitter, Immingham, 2CY+, 31st December to 6th March 2022; same, Frampton Marsh RSPB, 9th March to 4th April 2022; presumed same, Rimac, 26th to 28th May 2022, photo; same as Kent, Yorkshire, Norfolk 2021; also seen Cheshire & Wirral, Greater Manchester, Norfolk, West Midlands.
(British Birds 115: plate 207; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 564; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 560'; Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 48-49).
7.3). 2022 Norfolk Ken Hill Marshes NR, 9th to 10th April, photo; presumed same, Brendan’s Marsh, Hickling Broad NWT, 23rd to 24th May; same as Kent, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire 2021; also seen Cheshire & Wirral, Lincolnshire, Greater Manchester, West Midlands.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 560).
7.4). 2022 Greater Manchester Bickershaw CP, 3CY+, 29th to 30th May, photo; same as Kent, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire 2021; also seen Cheshire & Wirral, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, West Midlands.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 560).
7.5). 2022 Cheshire & Wirral Woolston Eyes, 3CY+, 31st May, photo; same as Kent, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire 2021; also seen Greater Manchester, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, West Midlands.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 560).
7.6). 2022 West Midlands Sandwell Valley RSPB, 1st June; same as Kent, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire 2021; also seen Greater Manchester, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Cheshire & Wirral.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 560).
