BBRC species

Records of national rarities are considered by the British Bird Rarities Committee (BBRC). A list of species, on the Kent list, which are assessed by this committee, is shown below. Details on how to submit a record to the committee can be found here.

Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
American Black Duck Anas rubripes
Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nycora
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
White-throated Needle-tail Hirundapus caudacutus
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Great Bustard Otis tarda
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
American Coot Fulica americana
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
Little Crake Porzana parva
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius
White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Semi-palmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodropus scolopaceus
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Scops Owl Otus scops
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus
Roller Coracias garrulus
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei
Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis
Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata

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