Collared Pratincole at Desroches

Craig Nisbet, Matthew Morgan and Annabelle Cupidon - Island Conservation Society staff at Desroches - have reported a Collared Pratincole.Glareola pratincola at the airstrip, Desroches. SBRC have accepted 28 previous records of this species. This is the first report for Desroches.

The bird was present from 16 April to 2 May. it is the first time the species has been observed in these months, the vast majority of sightings being in October-November and only a single record of a a bird overwintering (at Bird Island) from October to as late as March.