Merlin Falco columbarius [Linnaeus, 1758]

Merlin Falco columbarius subaesalon

Merlin Falco columbarius aesalon

    1. One, not aged or sexed, 17th Dec. 1950 (B. King).
    2. One, not aged or sexed, 6th Dec. 1964 (R.J. Senior).
    3. Probably two birds, not aged or sexed, 28th Dec. 1964 (B. King, R.J. Prytherch). See note 1 below.
    4. One, not aged or sexed, 16th Oct. 1977 (R.S. Harkness).
    5. One, immature or female, 13th Sep. 1980 (K.E. Vinicombe).
    6. One female, not aged, 5th Sep. 1991 (I. Barton).*
    7. One, not aged or sexed, 12th March 2000 (N.R. Milbourne).
    8. One, adult male, 16th Feb. 2002 (N.R. Milbourne).
    9. One, not aged or sexed, 1st Nov. 2003 (R.J. Higgins), one presumed the same, adult ♀, 8th Nov. (N.R. Milbourne, A.H. Davis, M.I. Pearce).
    10. One, juvenile, 8th-9th Oct. 2004 (N.R. Milbourne, A.E. Bone, M.I. Pearce, R.G. Palmer), one presumed same, not aged, 30th Oct. 2004 (I. Stapp, B. Lancastle?).
    11. One, not aged or sexed, 6th Nov. 2009 (N.R. Milbourne).
    12. One, not aged or sexed, 26th Oct. 2015 (pers. comm. M. Hedges).
    13. One, not aged or sexed, 29th Dec. 2016 (N.R. Milbourne et al).

Note 1: Date given as 29th December 1964 in Bristol Bird Report.

No records of birds occurring at the lake have been assigned to race.

Bibliography (sources of information):

  1. Barton, I. 1991. Top End Diary
  2. Chadwick, P.J. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1980. Avon Ornithological Society.
  3. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2000. Avon Ornithological Group.
  4. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2002. Avon Ornithological Group.
  5. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Bristol Bird Report, 1964. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  6. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Somerset Birds, 1964. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  7. McGeoch, J.A. (ed.). Somerset Birds, 1977. Somerset Ornithological Society.
  8. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2003. Avon Ornithological Group.
  9. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2004. Avon Ornithological Group.
  10. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2009. Avon Ornithological Group.
  11. Tucker, B.W. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1950. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.