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White-faced Whistling Ducks at Alphonse (Photo: Ari Fernández)

Corncrake at Bird Island

29/9/2019

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Corncrake at Bird (photo: Olaf Zesch)

Olaf Zesch and Chris Feare have reported a Corncrake Crex crex from Bird island, presumed to be an immature. Olaf Zesch first saw and photographed the bird in front of the hotel restaurant on the morning of 27 September. Searches there for it in the afternoon failed, but Christine Larose and Chris Feare found in in the late afternoon feeding in short vegetation on the airstrip.

The first record for Seychelles was also from Bird Island and also reported by Chris Feare in October 1973. In the intervening 46 years between the two Bird sightings there have been just 3 other records accepted by SBRC, with individuals at Aride, Fregate and North.



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Allen's Gallinule at Intendance, Mahe

2/9/2019

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Allen's Gallinule at Intendance (Alina Domass)
An Allen's Gallinule Porphyrula alleni has been reported by Maximilian Bonfatti at the Intendance wetland, Mahe present 15-20 August.  The bird was observed foraging in the wetland during a terrapin research project run by a team from the Marine Conservation Society of Seychelles and photographed by Alina Domass.

SBRC has accepted 8 previous records of this species. To date, there has been no clear pattern to the dates of occurrence, with records in December-March and June-August.
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  • Home
  • About us
    • History
    • REPORT SIGHTINGS
    • How SBRC operates
    • Policy on commoner species
    • Contact us
  • BIRDS OF SEYCHELLES
    • THE SEYCHELLES LIST
    • Vagrants
    • Out-of-range species
    • Annual migrants
    • Breeding species
  • RECORDS
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    • 5 Year Reports
    • First country records
    • Books
    • Other bird news
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