18-Dec - 1st Hume's Warbler(Phylloscopus humei) for Ireland found yesterday at Knockadoon Head,Co.Cork
16-Dec - 1st (or 2nd ?) Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) for the Western Palearctic on Zira Isle, Mauritania on 28 Nov
24-Nov - 1st Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) for Cyprus found at the Akhna Dam
23-Nov - 1st Small or Desert Whitethroat (Sylvia minula) for the Netherlands, if accepted, found at Katwijk
14-Nov - 1st Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) for Switzerland at Lake Constance on 8 Oct, if accepted.
13-Nov - 1st Tundra Swan (Cygnus colombianus colombianus) for France at Huischke, end of Oct, if confirmed
07-Nov - 1st Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) for France in the Bay of Biscay, confirmed from Sep 2003
29-Oct - 1st Western Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis) for the Netherlands found in Vlissingen.
27-Oct - 1st Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) for Iceland at Thorbjorn/Grindavik.
25-Oct - 1st Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) for Norway at Karmøy, Rogaland county (south-west).
03-Oct - 1st Amur or Eastern Red-footed Falcon (Falco amurensis) for Israel, a male over Afula
21-Sep - 1st Bright-green Warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus) for France, found at Cap Gris-Nez-unconfirmed
20-Sep - 1st Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius) for the Netherlands found at Westkapelle, Zeeland.
22-Aug - 1st Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) for Sweden, found at Ottenby.
21-Jul - 1st Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) for Switzerland, found at Lake Geneva.
14-Jun - 1st Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica ) for Sweden at the northern part of Öland.
13-Jun - 1st Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus) for Norway. A 2nd year bird was seen at the island of Utsira.
03-Jun - 1st Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) for Israel, found at the K20 Salt pools.
01-Jun - 1st Black Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera) for Wales & Great Britain at South Stack RSPB Reserve
31-May - 1st Trumpeter Finch (Rhodopechys githaginea) for the Netherlands found at Maasvlakte,Zuid-Holland.
31-May - 1st Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais pallida) & 1st Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia) for Denmark.
Both found at the Gedser Bird Observatory.
17-May - 1st Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) for Belgium found at Zebrugge.
03-May - 1st Audouin's Gull (Larus audouini) for Great Britain found at Dungeness.
02-May - 1st Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula parva albicilla) for Great Britain found at Flamborough Head.
01-May - 1st Audouin's Gull (Larus audouini) for the Netherlands found at Neeltje Jans (Zeeland).
26-Apr - 1st Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) for Belgium found at Zeebrugge
21-Apr - 1st Stock Dove (Columba oenas) for Iceland seen at Breidabolstadur / Sudursveit and confirmed on the 22nd April
20-Apr - 1st Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) seen on Lake Hortobagy, and 1st Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) at fish
ponds South of Lake Balaton in Hungary.
15-Apr - 1st Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) for Israel discovered at Eilat's North sewage pools.
04-Apr - A (probable first-summer) male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs africana / spodiogenys), found at Westplaat south of
Maasvlakte, west of Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland) . This could be a first for the Netherlands, since a sound-recorded
female that was briefly seen at Eemshaven (Groningen) in Apr 1999 has not been accepted (yet).
21-Mar - 1st American Scoter (Melanitta nigra americana) for Denmark, found at Blavands Huk, Jylland.
31-Jan - The BOU Records Committee has added Ascension Frigatebird (Fregata aquila) to Category A of the British List
after it was mis-identified as a Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) in Scotland in July 1953.
Magnificent Frigatebird has been removed from the British List as there are no other records.20-Jan - 1st MacQueen's Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii) for Belgium found exhausted at Nieuwpoort.
09-Jan - 1st Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) if accepted, for the Netherlands, at Castricum.
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