SBRC releases 2025 Annual Report

Pied Wheatear (James Wareing)

In 2025, SBRC members considered 120 records, presented in summary in table one. The majority of records were accepted (108, exactly 90%), including seven submitted unidentified and a record misidentified as one vagrant but accepted as another. Eight records were classified as ‘unproven’ (that is, insufficient evidence to authenticate), two were pended for more discussion, and two were rejected as misidentified and not vagrant species of interest. Age, sex, and subspecies were assigned wherever possible.
 
A record pended in 2024 of Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka, was accepted in 2025 with a caveat regarding the slight possibility of Variable Wheatear O. picata. This was after taking expert advice from Ashwin Mohan, Brian Small and Peter Clements.

A copy of the report can be downloaded here.