Tomasz Chodkiewicz, Szymon Beuch, Łukasz Ławicki, Przemysław Wylegała, Robert Cymbała, Paweł Czechowski, Stanisław Czyż, Piotr Dębowski, Andrzej Dylik, Wojciech Guzik, Krzysztof Jankowski, Zbigniew Kajzer, Łukasz Krajewski, Łukasz Matyjasiak, Hanna Sztwiertnia, Marcin Wężyk, Arkadiusz Sikora
Ornis Polonica 2025, 66: 196-232
https://doi.org/10.12657/ornis.2025.3.3
Abstract: The sixth report of the Rare Bird Panel presents the occurrence of 40 rare species and 3 subspecies in Poland in 2023. In comparison with long-term data, 2023 was a very good or even record-breaking year for the Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla (113 records/583 individuals), Red-breasted Goose B. ruficollis (55/79), Canada Goose B. canadensis (66/6 964), Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus (420/802), Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca (recorded at 170 plots 10 × 10 km), Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (41/108), Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima (29/43), Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle (20/90), Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea (38/91), Short–toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus (47/53), Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (106/140), Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus (575/1 305), Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri (11/25), and Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus (258/588). In 2023 very low numbers of the Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus (35/135), Broad-billed Sandpiper C. falcinellus (43/95), Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus (1/1), Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis (outside coastal area; 1/2), Little Egret Egretta garzetta (33/46), Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus (18/18), Homeyer’s Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor homeyeri (7/7), Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum (31/33), Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus (12/12), Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus outside mountains (7/8), Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola outside breeding sites (34/46), and Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus (7/8) were recorded. From 2023, the Arctic Redpoll Acanthis flammea hornemanni has also been added to the reported taxa (20/23).
Keywords: abundance, distribution, phenology, Poland, rare non-breeding species, regions, report 2023
