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This biannual feature, started 24 years ago (see Brit. Birds 70: 218), provides the only reliable, continent-wide report on population trends and significant, nationally accepted records of rarities. Some of the highlights in this forty-eighth compilation include: First West Palearctic record of Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana. First Swinhoe's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis in Norway. First Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus in Portugal (Madeira). Record numbers of Pygmy Cormorants Phalacrocorax pygmeus in Bulgaria, and first two records for Switzerland, all in 2000. First breeding for 60 years by White Pelicans Pelecanus onocrotalus in Bulgaria. First breeding since 1668 by Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia in Great Britain. Record numbers of Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus ruber reared in France in 1998. Six Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus together in Netherlands in 1998. First Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus in Great Britain. First breeding by Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos in Denmark. Influx of Allen's Gallinules Porphyrula alleni in Canary Islands in 1999. First Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola in Iceland. First breeding by White-tailed Lapwings Vanellus leucurus in Armenia, followed by influx and seven nests in Romania. First Red-necked Stint Calidris subminuta in Ireland. Eight Pectoral Sandpipers Calidris melanotos in Hungary in autumn 1999. Unexpectedly high breeding numbers of Great Snipe Gallinago media in Latvia in 1999. First twentieth-century record of Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus in France. First Elegant Tern Sterna elegans in Denmark. First Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus in Germany and second in Denmark, both in 1999. First three Oriental Cuckoos Cuculus saturatus in Finland. Major irruption of northern owls in Sweden and Denmark in autumn 1999. First Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor in France. Influx of Chimney Swifts Chaetura pelagica in 1999: first four records for Ireland and first for Sweden. First breeding by White-backed Woodpeckers Dendrocopos leucotos in Switzerland.
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