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Titre :	Black Lark: new to Britain
Auteurs :	Lance Degnan, Auteur ; Ken Croft, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	British Birds (98(6) JUN 2005)
Article en page(s) :	306-313
Résumé :	There can be few birds on the British List with such a chequered history as Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis. It was first admitted to the British List when a male was reportedly shot at Pevensey Levels, Sussex, on 29th January 1907, but this and several subsequent records were removed following a review which concluded that they formed part of the 'Hastings Rarities'. In this account, two recent occurrences of Black Lark, the first acceptable records for Britain, are documented. The first of these was at Spurn, East Yorkshire, on 27th April 1984, and it was only after a remarkable series of coincidences that this bird was finally accepted as a 'first' for Britain. The second individual, at South Stack, Anglesey, from 1st to 8th June 2003, became one of the most celebrated rarities ever to appear in Britain.

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