Reporting Rare & Scarce Breeding Birds in the York Area
Guidance for any Social Media posts (eg Twitter or Facebook) and reports via the York Birding Google email group during the breeding season. Please take care when reporting the species below. To ensure that such sightings are included confidentially in our records, please use the sightings form on our website: https://yorkbirding.org.uk/records/casual-records/ or email the “York Recorder”
The list below shows species which do/can occur in the York area during the breeding season and are detailed as Schedule 1 species and/or are on the Rare Breeding Bird Panel list (RBBP) https://rbbp.org.uk/species-overview/.
| Species | Schedule 1 / Rare Breeding Bird Panel (RBBP) | Comment |
| Garganey | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Ok to report anywhere before end of April Ok to report in LDV throughout the breeding season |
| Shoveler | RBBP | Ok to report anywhere before end of April Ok to report in LDV throughout the breeding season |
| Eurasian Wigeon | RBBP | Ok to report anywhere before end of April Ok to report in LDV throughout the breeding season |
| Pintail | RBBP | Ok to report anywhere before end of April Ok to report in LDV throughout the breeding season |
| Common Pochard | RBBP | Ok to report anywhere before end of April Ok to report at LDV/Hes West & Hes East throughout the breeding season |
| Quail | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Ok to report but detailed site locations are to be avoided |
| Black-necked Grebe | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | RBBP | Ok to report |
| Great White Egret | RBBP | Ok to report |
| Little Egret | RBBP | OK to report |
| Osprey | RBBP & Schedule 1 | OK to report |
| Honey-Buzzard | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Only to be reported to recorder unless on migration |
| Northern Goshawk | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Only to be reported to recorder thoughout the year |
| Red Kite | Schedule 1 | Any nesting activty only to be reported to the recorder/LDV team |
| Marsh Harrier | RBBP | Ok to report anywhere before end of April, unless breeding behaviour noted Ok to report in LDV – Any nesting activty only to be reported to the recorder/LDV team |
| Montagu’s Harrier | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season |
| Corncrake | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season |
| Baillon’s Crake | RBBP | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season |
| Spotted Crake | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season |
| Common Crane | RBBP | Ok to report anywhere before end of April Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season |
| Avocet | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Ok to report anywhere before end of April, unless breeding behaviour noted |
| Little Ringed Plover | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Ok to report anywhere before end of April, unless breeding behaviour noted which should only be reported to recorder / LDV team. |
| Black-tailed Godwit | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Ok to report anywhere before end of April, unless breeding behaviour noted which should only be reported to recorder / LDV team. |
| Ruff | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Ok to report unless breeding behaviour noted which should only be reported to recorder / LDV team. |
| Mediterranean Gull | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Ok to report |
| Turtle Dove | RBBP | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season |
| Barn Owl | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Ok to report |
| Long-eared Owl | RBBP | Only to be reported to recorder thoughout the year as easily disturbed |
| Short-eared Owl | RBBP | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season |
| Nightjar | local | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | RBBP | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season |
| Kingfisher | Schedule 1 | Ok to report but detailed site locations are to be avoided |
| Hobby | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Ok to report away from nest sites any nest sites should only be reported to recorder / LDV team |
| Peregrine | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season Ok to report Minster birds |
| Willow Tit | RBBP | Ok to report |
| Bearded Tit | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Ok to report |
| Woodlark | RBBP & Schedule 1 | OK to be reported from Skipwith Common, but avoid referencing specific areas. Any other sites are only to be reported to recorder / LDV team during breeding season as vunerable to to disturbance. |
| Marsh Warbler | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Only to be reported to recorder / LDV team |
| Cetti’s Warbler | Schedule 1 | Ok to report |
| Firecrest | Schedule 1 | Only to be reported to recorder during breeding season |
| Black Redstart | RBBP & Schedule 1 | Only to be reported to recorder during breeding season |
| Hawfinch | RBBP | Only to be reported to recorder during breeding season |
| Crossbill | Schedule 1 | Ok to report |
