Przemysław Wylegała, Szymon Beuch, Arkadiusz Sikora, Łukasz Ławicki, Robert Cymbała, Paweł Czechowski, Stanisław Czyż, Piotr Dębowski, Andrzej Dylik, Grzegorz Grygoruk, Wojciech Guzik, Krzysztof Jankowski, Zbigniew , Łukasz Matyjasiak, Bartosz Smyk, Marcin Wężyk, Tomasz Chodkiewicz
Ornis Polonica 2022, 63: 245–281
https://doi.org/10.12657/ornis.2022.3.4
Abstract: This third report of the Rare Birds Panel in Poland presents the occurrence of 38 rare, non-breeding species in Poland in 2020. In 2020 record numbers of the Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus, Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus, Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea (only inland), Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum and Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus were noted. There were also a large number of records of the Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis, Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis, Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia, Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus, Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides, Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus (outside mountains) and Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus. The very low numbers of the Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris noted in 2020 extend the ongoing decline of this migrant. In Vistula Fens (aluvial delta area of Vistula river) the largest wintering flock of the Canadian Goose Branta canadensis in Poland, amounting to 2700–3000 ind. was found. Noteworthy were also a record flock of 8 Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima and the more numerous than usual spring migration of the Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (maximum flock – 19 ind.). The second and third wintering cases of the Pied Avocet as well as the first wintering of the Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola in Poland were also noted.
Keywords: distribution, number, phenology, Poland, rare non–breeding species, regions, report 2020
