NEW RECORDS 2002
15-Sep - 1st Sykes' Warbler (Hippolais rama) for Iceland.was caught at Jadar/Sudursveit (SE-Iceland)
07-Oct -  1st Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) for The Netherlands found on Texel.
11-Oct -  1st Blyth's Pipit (Anthus godlewskii) for Estonia found at Sorve Bird Station.
15-Oct -  1st Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) for Iceland found dead under a window at Reykjavík.
01-Nov -  1st Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) for Hungary, trapped and ringed at Lake Kolon.
01-Dec -  1st Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) for Italy -if accepted, found at a reserve north of Modena.
28-Dec -  1st Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) for Czech Republic. Female found on the Vltava River in  Prague. Record already accepted.

Prestige Oil Spill: Casualties include...White-faced or Frigate Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina), 1st for mainland Spain, and probable Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), 3rd for Spain, if accepted.