Greater Flamingo (not categorised by BOU)

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 

Ranges from S/SE/W/N Africa, western Asia, and southern Europe.

 

Greater Flamingo is currently placed in Category D/E of the British List by the British Ornithologist's Union (BOU). Category D species are those which would otherwise appear in Category A except that there is reasonable doubt that they have ever occurred in a natural state. Those in Category E are species that have been recorded as introductions, human-assisted transportees or escapees from captivity, and whose breeding populations (if any) are thought not to be self-sustaining.

At least one Lincolnshire record: Witham Mouth, September 16th 1990, and later Gibraltar Point, September 21st and October 5th and 7th, 1990. Accepted by BBRC in Category D (Report on Rare Birds in Great Britain in 1995, British Birds 89 (11): 481-531).

 

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Greater Flamingo, September 21st 1990, Gibraltar Point (photographer unknown)

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