I was going through my life list last night and came across an old record of a Black-eared Wheatear that I saw in North Wales on the Great Ormes Head(also know as the "worm") near Llandudno in October 1995. Was this record every accepted? Tony
Hi Everyone
I was going through my life list last night and came across an old record of a Black-eared Wheatear that I saw in North Wales on the Great Ormes Head(also know as the "worm") near Llandudno in October 1995. Was this record every accepted? Tony
Hi Tony
I don't think it was accepted because its not mentioned in the Online Guide to Rarer British Birds
Sam
[QUOTE=firecrest9]Hi Everyone
I was going through my life list last night and came across an old record of a Black-eared Wheatear that I saw in North Wales on the Great Ormes Head(also know as the "worm") near Llandudno in October 1995. Was this record every accepted? Tony [/QUOTE]
Birding World does mention the bird, a female, as being present on 18th-20th. However, it doesn't appear in the BB Rarities Report for 1995 as either accepted or rejected. So, either it was never submitted or it is dealt with in a subsequent rarities report (can't check though because all of my post-1996 BBs are currently away being bound).
martin