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1	Vagrant birds in Britain Robert M. G. Hynson
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5	British list Breeders 200
6	British list Breeders 200 Year list 350
7	British list Breeders 200 Year list 350 Vagrants 328
8	British list Breeders 200 Year list 350 Vagrants 328 Total 572
9	Where is Great Britain?
10	Recording area
11	Attu
12	Isles of Scilly
13	Which vagrants occur in Britain why? Weather is a big factor. Large numbers of birds that are long distance migrants, e.g Red-eyed Vireo from America
14	Southern European overshoots
15	America vagrants
16	Eastern Europe and Asia
17	New migration routes Yellow-browed and Pallas’s Warblers breed in China and winter in south east Asia. They have been turning up in fall migration in increasing numbers over the last 20 years.
18	Vagrants sometimes colonize Little Egret was a rare bird in the early 90’s In the late 90’s it started breeding and is now widespread in southern England
19	Some unbelievable records AncientMurrelt: North west Pacific to SW England Blue-cheeked Bee eater: North Africa to Scotland Allen's Gallinule: Sub-Saharan Africa to England Varied Thrush: Western America to SW England
20	Confusing Fall Warblers
21	Confusing Fall Warblers
22	New for Britain! Olive Tree Warbler