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28 January 2012: 2011 Rarity Report Forms
Just a reminder to everyone. I still have lots of Rarity Report Forms to come in from the finders of rarities last year. The usual cut of date we use is the end of January. So please email me your forms, or let me know if you need a form, or if there's going to be a delay. Thanks, Mark.

11 January 2012: Annual subs for the Ornithology Section are now due

Last year’s subscription covered the following:

1. Some of the costs of surveying Sark for the BTO Atlas
(volunteers paid a significant amount themselves too).
2. Work on the Claire Mare hide (windows and access improvements).
3. Hosting for the Guernsey Birds website.

As all local birders benefit from the use of these funds, I would ask everyone to consider supporting the section each year, even if you do not necessarily attend the meetings regularly.

Please send cash or cheques for £10 (payable to La Societe Guernesiaise Ornithology Section) to Jamie Hooper, 1 Trinity Cottages, Torteval, GY8 0QD

5 January 2012: Butterfly and other taxa records
Rich and Margaret Austin would like to thank all those who submitted butterfly records in 2011 - these will all get submitted to Butterfly Conservation as part of their national monitoring program. When birders are out and about they often record other species that are not birds. The system can currently record butterflies, hummingbird hawk moths, seals and land mammals. If anyone would like to record other species then please let us know and we will include them (dragonflies, cetaceans etc could be good candidates). Please contact us at info@guernseybirds.org.gg

2 January 2012: Year Listing 2012
Several people have contacted us and asked to be added to the year listing challenge. To make it easier, we have now added a small link on the home page where you can "Add your list" or "Remove your list". To add your list you need to have entered at least one record in this year. People who were involved in previous years will automatically be included in any future years. Any bird entered with a date in the current year will be added to your total, irrespective of when you have joined, i.e. if you join in July the system will trawl back through all your previous records to January and come up with a total. Good luck!

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Latest News (more...)

Sat 4th Feb

Claire Mare - Bittern at 13.25 - flew into reedbed at back of pond. Also female Pochard on pond.

Sun 29th Jan

Pleinmont - singing male Dartford Warbler. Vale Marais - Glaucous Gull

Fri 27th Jan

Chouet - Sabine's Gull west at 8 am, also Glaucous Gull on the tip.

Wed 25th Jan

Petils Bay - 1 Black-necked Grebe. 12.05 far end of path towards Miellette Bay

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On this day...
On this date in 2004 Guernsey's second record of Cattle Egret was found at the Track Marais by A.J.Bisson.


Wild species recorded this year to date: 116
(Species recorded in 2011: 206)
(Species recorded in 2010: 208)

Personal year list totals
Liz Thomson -105
Bob Murphy -105
Vic Froome -103
Christopher Mourant -98
Jamie Hooper -98
Michelle Hooper -93
Rod Ferbrache -91
Tony Bisson -91
Mary Simmons -88
Cindy Carre -87
David Spicer -80
Tim Earl -78
Adrian Gidney -75
Kevin Childs -75
Carolyn Brouard -73
Lee De Carteret -69
Tony Grange -62
daniel mignot -52
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Paul Bretel -8
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Interesting records submitted online

5th Feb: Airport: Golden Plover. Chouet: Slavonian Grebe, Unidentified auk. Claire Mare: Pochard. Colin Best NR: Gadwall. L'Eree: Black Redstart. Reservoir: Little Grebe, Raven. Rousse: Slavonian Grebe. Silbe: Raven. Vale Pond: Kingfisher
4th Feb: Airport: Golden Plover. Claire Mare: Pochard, Bittern. Colin Best NR: Gadwall. Le Vauquiedor: Coal Tit. Pleinmont: Golden Plover
3rd Feb: Colin Best NR: Gadwall. Fort Le Crocq: Great Northern Diver. Grande Mare: Tufted Duck (see all...)


Observers submitting records this month Bob Murphy (125); David Spicer (86); Mary Simmons (39); Rod Ferbrache (33); Carolyn Brouard (28); Kevin Childs (26); daniel mignot (20); Lee De Carteret (17); (10); Tony Bisson (10); Tim Earl (10); Jamie Hooper (7); Vic Froome (7); Adrian Gidney (7); Wayne Turner (7); Cindy Carre (5); Michelle Hooper (4); Christopher Mourant (2); Mark Guppy (2); Anthony Loaring (2); Liz Thomson (1); Nigel Pletts (1);