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NEW RECORDS 2009
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola - Norwegian birder Jan Kåre Ness found one on Corvo. It was in the Caldeirão - 15 Sep
- Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus - One shot recently on Sialets fishfarm (Brest region) - 28 Aug
Source: Irina Samusenko, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus E-mail: samusenko@biobel.bas-net.by- Eastern crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus - Discovered by a local birder at Trow Quarry, Durham - 24 Oct
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis - An unexpected find late afternoon when it showed up in garden on Portland - 28 Apr
Source: Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre Website www.portlandbirdobs.org.uk/aa_latestnews.htm- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola - Discovered whilst birding at Cape Pembroke, photos taken and id verified as a juvenile - 01 Mar
- Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans - Discovered at the Newport Wetlands, Uskmouth by Mathew Meehan - 26 Apr
Source: Gwent Ornithological Society Website gwentbirds.org.ukPhotos by Nathan Casburn : www.weekendbirder.blogspot.com- Great Stone-curlew Burhinus recurvirostris - Found by Mai Po Reserve Manger Bena Smith while guiding around Mai Po - 25 Jun
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides - An immature on the Danube River, The 1st record if accepted - 29 Jan
- Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca - In June 2006 this species was recorded for the first time in Japan on Okinawa Island - 20 Jan
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis - First for Korea found at Mara Do just south of Jeju by Mr. Kang Chang-wan - 31 May
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus - On 23rd June Korea's first was found and photographed on Socheong Island - 01 Jul
Source: Nial Moores E-mail: N.Moores@birdskorea.orgPhotos: http://www.birdskorea.or.kr/Forum/Records/5026- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus - Found at Abdali Farms, northern Kuwait - 23 Feb
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta - Found at Buntal, Kuching, Sarawak during a waterbird workshop with Dave Bakewell - 10 Jan
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis - Discovered and photographed by B.Nyambayar at Ikh Bologijn am in Khanbogd Sum - 13 May
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus - A 1st-calendar year photographed at Merzouga on 17th December 2008 - 14 Jan
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis - Seen on the road between Wanaka and Tarras - 24 Feb
- Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus - Seen in Leyte by a team from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-8) - 22 Jan
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon - A juvenile female seen and photographed at Mar Menor, Cartagena - 16 Nov
Source: Ricard Gutiérrez e-mali: rgutierrez@gutarb.jazztel.esPhotos and detailed report:http://www.rarebirdspain.net- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani - Found at Kalpitiya Peninsula, by FOGSL research team on the 16th Dec 2008 - 12 Jan
Source: Chinthaka Kaluthota, Field Ornithology Group of Sri LankaPhotos and detailed report: http://srilankabirds.blogspot.com/- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys - Found at a bird-feeder at Saebysjon near Stockholm - 03 Jan
Source: Erik Hirschfeld, Malmö, Sweden e-mali: d@hirschfeld.sePhotos: http://www.pbase.com/zoothera/recent- Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus - Found by a group of bird watchers at Kibimba Rice Scheme in Bugiri district - 15 May
- Pine Flycatcher Empidonax affinis - Found near the shores of Choke Canyon Reservoir, near San Antonio, Texas - 09 Jan
Source: mysanantnio www.mysanantonio.comPhotos: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/37289459.html- Black-headed Siskin Carduelis notata - male discovered at Sheepshead, Valley Fund Land, South Padre Island by B.Kinch & T.Sears - 04 Mar
Source: Peeps Online PeepsOnlinePhotos: birding.typepad.com/peeps/2009/03/blackheaded-siskin-south-padre-island-texas.html
