What is britains rarest bird ?

[Naturenutz]

just been reading a few threads on here.got me thinking with many birds in decline.which is currently britains rarest bird ? Montagu's were always one of the rarer ones a few years back.

[Dan Salter]

Probably the one i have been trying to find, marry and start a family with for about the last 12 years!!!

[Naturenutz]

Dan,that ones extinct lol ps im after that one too

[Dan Salter]

Ill share if it comes to it

[posie]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Ill share if it comes to it

What are you like ? ?...

I've just realised how that could read...What I meant was..''What ARE you like, you naughty boy''.....

[shenk1]

The turkey the missus once cooked for christmas dinner!
A good vet would have had a chance of bringing it round

[posie]

Originally Posted by Naturenutz

just been reading a few threads on here.got me thinking with many birds in decline.which is currently britains rarest bird ? Montagu's were always one of the rarer ones a few years back.

..Isn't ANYBODY going to come in with a Wildlife answer ?..

[aeshna5]

It's going to depend on how you define the rarest bird?

If you're talking about breeding pairs then there are several species with only a handful of breeding pairs such as Common Crane + Golden Oriole, whereas a new colonist such as Cattle Egret whichhas bred the last 2 seasons have only a couple of pairs, but likely to expand as a very successful, dynamic species.

Last year at least a couple of pairs of Icterine Warblers were discovered during fieldwork for the BTO atlas, so that could be a contender too.

Sounds a straightforward question, but depends on one's interpretation of it.

[david156]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

It's going to depend on how you define the rarest bird?

Sounds a straightforward question, but depends on one's interpretation of it.

Agree with this.
All depends if your talking about rare to britain or rare locally.
Also would it be a rare breeding bird or something like a bird seen in britain only once, like the Tufted Puffin seen of the kent coast last year by about half a dozen people.
Aeshna5 mention common crane as a rarity but being just over half an hour from where they breed and seeing them at various times through the year they arn't so rare to me unlike say a capercallie which i've only seen once and have to travel over 450 miles to see.

I think the answer to your question will depend greatly on peoples point of view and what they see as a true british bird.

David

[Dan Salter]

Im guessing Naturenutz meant in terms of ...what is Britains most endangered bird species?
But even that brings up confusion....as something can still be classed as common (not rare)...but listed as endangered! lol

Would 'scarce' cover it?...forgetting locally rare or endangered....what is the British bird that we have least amount of in terms of number? (In the way that Marsh Harrier was once very scarce/rare/endangered?)
I remember this coming up during my degree...how people mix up rarity and endangered and vice versa...its all a tricky one to decipher