Saving Data for re-writes :o) (All material contributed by User:Jowaninpensans unless otherwise credited here) 1980s in birding and ornithology

1804 Rare birds

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1840

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Britain's first Green-winged Teal shot in Sussex about the year 1840 ref P Robinson 2003

1866

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1889 Rare birds

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  • Britain's first Green Heron shot at Pentewan ref cornwall birding

1891 New species

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Birds described in 1891 include the Blackthroat

1900 Deaths

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  • Alphonse Milne-Edwards (Paris, October 13, 1835 – Paris, April 21, 1900) was a French mammalologist, ornithologist and carcinologist.[1]

1901

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1903 Rare birds

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  • An exhausted and emaciated American Bittern found on the west side of Bryher, Isles of Scilly. Recovered and kept in an avery at Tresco Abbey the skin is now on permanent loan to the Isles of Scilly Museum on St Mary's[2]

1908 Births

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1909 Other Events

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1913 Rare birds

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1916 Breeding birds

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1919 Births

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1920 Rare birds

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1925 Rare birds

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1927 Rare bird

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1930 Births

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1935 Rare birds

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  • Britain and Ireland's first Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis atricapillus) shot at Co Galway 23 December 1935. ref P Robinson
  • Britain's and Ireland's second (and Britain's only accepted record) Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis atricapillus shot on Tresco, Isles of Scilly on 28 December 1935. ref P Robinson

1936 Births

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1938

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  • 6 September – Britain's third Black Kite and the Isles of Scilly's first. Shot on Tresco on 16 September by one of the gamekeepers, and the carcase sent to the British Museum and named as the nomate migrans ref P Robinson 2003.

1953

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Births

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Rare birds

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1954

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Rare birds

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  • a shot female American Black Duck in a poulterer's shop in Co Waterford in February 1954 was Britain and Ireland's first. A second was seen in the same area until February 1961 ref p robinson 2003

1955

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Rare birds

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Britain's first Ring–necked Duck in Gloucestershire ref P robinson 2003

1958 Rare birds

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1959 Births

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1961 Rare birds

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1962 Rarities

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1966

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1967 Rare birds

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1967 Other events

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1968 Breeding birds

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1969 Rare birds

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1970 Rare birds

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1974 Rare birds

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1975 Rare birds

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1978 Rare birds

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1980 Rare birds

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1995 and onwards

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See articles. All of which require major work on referencing - some have been tagged as no refs since 2009! (eeek!)

2008 Rare birds

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References

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  1. ^ Anonymous (1900). "Obituary – Professor Alphonse Milne-Edwards" (PDF). The Auk. 17 (3): 320–321.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Robinson, Peter (2003). Birds of the Isles of Scilly. London: Christopher Helm. p. 608. ISBN 0-7136-6037-6. Cite error: The named reference "Robinson" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ Balmer, D. and Vickery, J. "Birds". In Branson, A. (2009) Wildlife Reports. British Wildlife 20: 348-350
  4. ^ Penhallurick R.D. (1978) The Birds of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Penzance: Headland Publications.
  5. ^ Porter, Richard (18 October 1993). "Obituary: Peter Conder". The Independent. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  6. ^ Langton, H (1920). "Record of the shooting of a female Buffleheaded Duck by Miss Dorrien-Smith on Great Pool, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, January 17, 1920". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 40: 155.
  7. ^ Hudson, N (2010). "Acrocephalus Warblers – an overview for 2009". Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review: 134–8. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  8. ^ Hudson, N (2010). "Acrocephalus Warblers – an overview for 2009". Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review: 134–8. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  9. ^ Balmer, D. and Vickery, J. "Birds." In Branson, A. (2011) Wildlife Reports. British Wildlife 22: 274–6
  10. ^ Quick, Hilda (1964). Birds of the Scilly Isles. Truro: D Bradford Barton Ltd.
  11. ^ Beckerlegge, J. E., ed. (1968). Cornwall Bird-watching & Preservation Society Annual Report 1967. CBWPS.
  12. ^ Balmer, D. and Vickery, J. "Birds." In Branson, A. (2011) Wildlife Reports. British Wildlife 22:422-4.
  13. ^ Parslow, John L F (1968). John E, Beckerlegge (ed.). "The Torey Canyon Incident and the sea birds of Cornwall". Cornwall Bird=watching & Preservation Society 1967. 37. CBWPS: 78-89.
  14. ^ Penhallurick R.D. (1978) The Birds of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Penzance: Headland Publications.
  15. ^ Hudson, N (2010). "Acrocephalus Warblers – an overview for 2009". Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review: 134–8. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  16. ^ Hudson, N (2010). "Acrocephalus Warblers – an overview for 2009". Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review: 134–8. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  17. ^ Rogers, M.J. (ed.) (1985) Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1984. Cornwall Bird Watching and Preservation Society.
  18. ^ Hudson, D.C. (ed.) (2010) Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2009. Isles of Scilly Bird Group.
  19. ^ Balmer, D. and Vickery, J. "Birds." In Branson, A. (2011) Wildlife Reports. British Wildlife 22: 274–6