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Waspy Corset Fantasy Rarity League 1999

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Rules

  1. Predict 15 species from the list of rarities below, which you think will occur during 1999.
  2. You only have a maximum of £350 to spend.
  3. Every time one of your chosen species is sighted in Britain in 1999 then you will get one point. So, for example, 4 Pied Wheatears in the year would give you 4 points.
  4. The person with the most points at the end of the year is the winner.
  5. It will include all birds seen in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
  6. The list of species seen will be taken each month from Birding World. Only definite sightings will be counted - no probables or possibles, 'Reported' sightings may have to be pended until a BBRC decision is announced.
  7. In the event of a tie at the end of the year, the person who has predicted the most species (rather than individuals) will be declared the winner.
  8. In the event of a further tie, the person who predicted the rarest species will be the winner.
  9. Only individuals which arrived during 1999 will be allowed. For Wilson's Petrel, only sightings from land will be eligible for points (i.e. birds seen from pelagics do not count).
  10. Only one list per person is allowed - but friends or family can take part.
  11. To keep the element of surprise, the following individuals will not be included if they are still present or return to their traditional sites:
    1. Pied-billed Grebes in London and Rostellen, Co. Cork
    2. Black Ducks on Tresco and Barrow, Co. Kerry
    3. Lesser Scaup at Lough Neagh
    4. Canvasback in Welney area
    5. Semipalmated Plover on Exe
    6. Collared Pratincole in Norfolk
    7. Laughing Gull at Boddam, Shetland
    8. Lesser Crested Tern on Farnes
    9. Spanish Sparrow in Cumbria
    10. Short-toed Treecreeper in Channel Islands.
  12. To take part, phone MPL before 31 December 1998, pass your list to another BUBO member, or fill out the entry form below. Late entries will be allowed, but will only start scoring points from the month following the date the entry is received.
  13. The decision of the referee (MPL) is final!

Species

£70 Ross's Gull
£65 Lanceolated Warbler, Booted Warbler
£60 Desert Wheatear, Lesser Scaup
£55 Wilson's Petrel, Two-barred Crossbill
£50 Glossy Ibis, Collared Pratincole, Pacific Golden Plover, Pechora Pipit, Black-throated Thrush, Sardinian Warbler
£45 Squacco Heron, Terek Sandpiper, Isabelline Shrike
£40 Pied-billed Grebe, Killdeer, Ivory Gull, Black-eared Wheatear, Paddyfield Warbler
£35 Red-breasted Goose, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Pied Wheatear, Hume's Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler
£30 Sociable Plover, Upland Sandpiper, Franklin's Gull, Brünnich's Guillemot, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Grey-cheeked Thrush, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler, River Warbler, Pine Bunting
£25 Black-winged Pratincole, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Forster's Tern, Scops Owl, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak
£20 Black Duck, Greater Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Rock Thrush, White's Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Bobolink
£15 Black-browed Albatross, Little Bustard, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Bridled Tern, Common Nighthawk, Blyth's Pipit, Red-flanked Bluetail, Isabelline Wheatear, Eye-browed Thrush, Olivaceous Warbler, Collared Flycatcher, Short-toed Treecreeper, Northern Parula, Baltimore Oriole
£10 American Bittern, Baillon's Crake, Little Crake, Great Bustard, Greater Sandplover, Western Sandpiper, Lesser Crested Tern, Sooty Tern, Black-billed Cuckoo, Pallid Swift, Little Swift, American Robin, Alpine Accentor, Desert Warbler, Southern Grey Shrike, Black-and-white Warbler
£5 Steller's Eider, Harlequin, Bufflehead, Pallid Harrier, Lesser Kestrel, Sora, Cream-coloured Courser, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Tengmalm's Owl, White-throated Needletail, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Calandra, Cliff Swallow, Rufous Bushchat, Siberian Thrush, Dusky Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Rüppell's Warbler, Orphean Warbler, Eastern Bonelli's Warbler, Spanish Sparrow, Trumpeter Finch, Pine Grosbeak, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Scarlet Tanager, Song Sparrow
£1 Swinhoe's Storm-petrel, Double-crested Cormorant, Green Heron, Canvasback, Redhead, Barrow's Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Eleonora's Falcon, American Kestrel, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Oriental Pratincole, Semipalmated Plover, Caspian Plover, White-tailed Plover, Great Knot, Long-toed Stint, Red-necked Stint, Short-billed Dowitcher, Hudsonian Godwit, Little Whimbrel, Grey-tailed Tattler, Slender-billed Gull, Royal Tern, Least Tern, Rufous Turtle Dove, Hawk Owl, Red-necked Nightjar, Egyptian Nightjar, Chimney Swift, Pacific Swift, Belted Kingifsher, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, White-winged Lark, Crested Lark, Bimaculated Lark, Tree Swallow, Crag Martin, Buff-bellied Pipit, Northern Mockingbird, Siberian Rubythroat, White-throated Robin, Veery, Fan-tailed Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, Marmora's Warbler, Wallcreeper, Evening Grosbeak, Philadelphia Vireo, Hooded Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Lark Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Rufous-sided Towhee, Cretzschmar's Bunting, Yellow-browed Bunting, Rock Bunting, Pallas's Reed Bunting, Indigo Bunting
Free! Bald Eagle, Houbara Bustard, Elegant Tern, Aleutian Tern, American Purple Gallinule, Ancient Murrelet, Mourning Dove, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Grey Catbird, Moussier's Redstart, Wood Thrush, Varied Thrush, Thick-billed Warbler, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Shrike, Yellow-throated Vireo, Rock Sparrow, Blackburnian Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Summer Tanager, Fox Sparrow, Black-faced Bunting, Brown-headed Cowbird, plus any other category B species

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