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The History of the Birds of Stevenage

– authored by Alan Ford –

Category: Bee-eaters

BEE–EATER (Merops apiaster)

22/09/201902/11/2019 Stuart Ford

Very rare vagrant.

One, possibly two were seen on 29 June 1973. There are no further known details of this record, however at that time parties of up to seven had been seen in England and Wales between 10 and 28 June.

Taxonomy

  • Accentors
  • Auks
  • Avocets and Stilts
  • Barn Owls
  • Bee-eaters
  • Bitterns, Herons and Egrets
  • Buntings
  • Bush Warblers
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  • Cormorants
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  • Crows and allies
  • Cuckoos
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  • Finches
  • Gannets
  • Grasshopper Warblers
  • Grebes
  • Gulls and Terns
  • Hoopoe
  • Ibisis and Spoonbills
  • Kingfishers
  • Kinglets
  • Larks
  • Leaf Warblers
  • Long-tailed Tits
  • Nightjars
  • Northern Storm Petrels
  • Nuthatches
  • Old World Flycatchers and Chats
  • Old World Orioles
  • Osprey
  • Oystercatchers
  • Parrots
  • Pelicans
  • Pheasants, Partridges and Quail
  • Pigeons and Doves
  • Plovers and Lapwings
  • Rails, Crakes and Coots
  • Reed Warblers
  • Sandpipers and allies
  • Shearwaters and Petrels
  • Shrikes
  • Skuas
  • Sparrows
  • Starlings
  • Storks
  • Swallows and Martins
  • Swifts
  • Thick-knees
  • Thrushes
  • Tits
  • Treecreepers
  • Typical Owls
  • Typical Warblers
  • Wagtails and Pipits
  • Waxwings
  • Woodpeckers
  • Wrens
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