1980s in birding and ornithology

The years 1980–1989 in birding and ornithology.

Worldwide

New species

Bird species new to science described in the 1980s

Ornithologists

Deaths

1985

• 22 February - David Hunt (born 1934) – ″The Scilly Birdman″

1987

• 11 September - Sir Charles Alexander Fleming died at age 71 (born 9 September 1916).

World listing

Breeding birds

1981

• Cranes bred in Britain (Norfolk Broads) for the first time in over 400 years

Rare birds

1981

• Europe's first magnolia warbler on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly.

1982

• Britains first northern harrier on the Isles of Scilly from 22 October 1982 until 8 June 1983

1983

• Britain's first white-throated robin in June 1983 at the Calf of Man Bird Observatory.

1984

• Britain's second common yellowthroat found on 7 June 1984 at Fetlar, Shetland.
• Britain's third common yellowthroat found on 2 October 1984 at Bryher.
• Britain's second hermit thrush found on 28 October 1984 at Peninnis Head, St Mary's.

1985

• Europe's first Wilson's warbler found on 13 October at Rame Head, Cornwall.
• Britain's third calandra lark found on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly (first record for the islands) on 26 April and stayed until 29 April.

1988

• Britain's first accepted record of a brown-headed cowbird at Islay, Argyll on 24 April
• Britain's first accepted record of a double-crested cormorant at Cleveland from December 1988 to late April 1989.

1990

• Western Palearctic's first tree swallow at Porth Hellick, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly from 6 to 11 June
• Britain's second white-throated robin on 27 May 1990 at Skokholm, Pembrokeshire.

Portugal

Rare birds

1984

• Eight great blue herons reached the Azores in April and a ninth in June. These birds are not considered to be the first for Europe. (See France, 1996).

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