Łukasz Ławicki, Przemysław Wylegała, Arkadiusz Sikora, Tomasz Chodkiewicz, Robert Cymbała, Paweł Czechowski, Stanisław Czyż, Piotr Dębowski, Andrzej Dylik, Wojciech Guzik, Krzysztof Jankowski, Zbigniew Kajzer, Łukasz Krajewski, Łukasz Matyjasiak, Hanna Sztwiertnia, Marcin Wężyk, Szymon Beuch
Ornis Polonica 2024, 65: 211–252
https://doi.org/10.12657/ornis.2024.3.4
Abstract: The fifth report of the Rare Bird Panel presents the occurrence of 42 rare species in Poland. This year was very good or the record one for the Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis (61 records/89 individuals), Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus (470/979), Lesser White-fronted Goose A. erythropus (35/42), Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca (188/796), Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (46/92), Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima (16/24), Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (50/79), Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea (37/70), Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia (18/56) and Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus (204/437). In 2022 very low numbers for the Pomarine Skua Strecorarius pomarinus (8/9), Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla (15/16), Little Egret Egretta garzetta (38/52), Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus (13/14), Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides (17/19), Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus outside mountains (14/15), Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola outside breeding sites (31/38) and Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus (7/8) were recorded. For the first time, four species were included in the report: the Common Eider Somateria mollissima (outside the Baltic coast), Broad-billed Sandpiper C. falcinellus, Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle and Arctic Jaeger S. parasiticus (outside the Baltic coast).
Keywords: abundance, distribution, phenology, Poland, rare non–breeding species, regions, report 2022
