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Résumé :
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For this third annual report, covering 1997, information on assessed and accepted records was supplied, sometimes in advance of publication in their local bird reports, by County Bird Recorders. There were all-time record numbers of three species in 1997: European Bee-eater Merops apiaster, Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus and Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator. Furthermore, Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris and Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina registered their highest annual totals during their respective study periods. There were also high nuumbers, compared with most other recent years, of Cory's Shearwaters Calonectris diomedea, Balearic Shearwaters Puffinus mauretanicus, Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia, Surf Scoters Melanitta perspicillata, Sabine's Gulls Larus sabini, Golden Orioles Oriolus oriolus, Red-backed Shrikes Lanius collurio, European Serins Serinus serinus and Common Rosefinches Carpodacus erythrinus. In contrast, fewer Spotted Crakes Porzana porzana, Kentish Plovers Charadrius alexandrinus, Red-necked Phalaropes Phalaropus lobatus and Great Grey Shrikes Lanius excubitor were recorded than in any other year during their respective study periods. Other species with low annual totals in 1997 compared with most other recent years were Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii, Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotos, Hoopoe Upupa epops, Bluethroat Luscinia svecica, Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides, Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta, Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva and Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla.
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