2017 in birding and ornithology
The year 2017 in birding and ornithology.
Worldwide
[edit]New species
[edit]Taxonomic developments
[edit]The British Ornithologists' Union announced that it would adopt the IOC World Bird List from 1 January 2018.[1]
Ornithologists
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- James Ferguson-Lees (born 1929)[2]
World listing
[edit]Europe
[edit]Britain
[edit]Breeding birds
[edit]- Night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) recorded successfully breeding for the first time in Britain. Two birds fledged at the Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve, managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust.[3]
- A number of hen harriers (Circus cyaneus) disappeared in suspicious circumstances over land managed for grouse shooting. There were only three successful nests in England.[4]
Migrant and wintering birds
[edit]Rare birds
[edit]Other events
[edit]- According to the RSPB's Birdcrime report, there were 68 confirmed incidents of raptor persecution in the UK, with shooting the most common method. There was four prosecutions and one conviction.[4]
Ireland
[edit]North America
[edit]To be completed
References
[edit]- ^ "BOU to adopt IOC World Bird List". British Ornithologists' Union. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Farewell to IJFL". British Birds. 110: 76. February 2017.
- ^ Carrington, Damian (2 August 2017). "'Incredible': night herons breed for first time in UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ a b Anon (Winter 2018). "Birdcrime reveals persecution". Nature's Home. p. 38.
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