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Abbreviations and Definitions for species records |
Terms used to describe the abundance of the species in the county.
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Breeding Pairs |
Winter/Passage |
| Very rare |
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1-10 records in total since 1962 |
| Rare |
less than annual |
less than annual |
| Very scarce |
1-10 per year |
1-20 per year |
| Scarce |
11-100 |
21-200 |
| Fairly common |
101-1000 |
201-2000 |
| Common |
1001-5000 |
2001-10,000 |
| Very Common |
5001-30,000 |
10,001-60,000 |
| Abundant |
30,000+ |
60,000+ |
See Birds of Sussex page 82 for more information on the above.
Status Abbreviations
| R |
resident, breeds |
| BV |
breeding visitor, but not resident (usually a summer visitor) |
| SV |
summer visitor, but does not breed |
| WV |
winter visitor |
| PM |
passage migrant (spring and autumn) |
| SpV |
spring visitor |
| AV |
autumn visitor |
| V |
vagrant |
Where abundance differs according to season the values are separated by slash e.g. scarce/common R/WV for Cormorant denotes scare resident breeder and common winter visitor.
Key to abbreviations and references in species details
| WB |
record published by Walpole-Bond (up to 1936), sometimes in [ ] |
| dFH |
record specifically included in des Forges and Harber (up to 1960-61) |
| >> |
attempted reconciliation with des Forges and Harber's totals |
| * |
published in relevant South Eastern Bird Report (1937-1947) or Sussex Bird Report (1948-present) |
| *82 |
published in Sussex Bird Report for 1982 etc |
| */*92 |
details published in relevant bird report but subsequently amended |
| × |
record published in relevant British Birds Rarities Report (1958-present) |
| ×91 |
record published in 1991 British Birds Rarities Report etc |
| [ ] |
record no longer considered acceptable or of suspect origin |
| HR |
'Hastings Rarity' see British Birds 55:229-384. These records were excluded by des Forges and Harber |
| † |
record awaiting acceptance by relevant committee |
| ‡ |
record not submitted to relevant committee, but considered genuine |
| BoMNH |
Booth Museum of Natural History (followed by individual catalogue number) |
| ES |
East Sussex |
| WS |
West Sussex |
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