Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (0, 1)
Photo © By JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16589531
STATUS
Southern Atlantic Ocean. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
The first two Black-browed Albatrosses T. melanophris were found in central England, proving that overland passage can happen.
BBRC RECORDS
1.0) 2007 Somerset Brean Down, immature, taken into care, 29th June, released 30th June; also in Lincolnshire.
(Birding World 20 (6): 222, photos; S. Gantlett & T. Pym, Birding World 20 (7): 279-295, plates 1-8; Birding World 20 (12): 510, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 538; BOURC (2010), Ibis 152: 200; A. Rowlands, P. Kidner & P. Condon, British Birds 103: 376-384, plates 195 & 196).
1.1) 2007 Lincolnshire Manor Farm Fishing Lakes, Manton, Messingham, immature, 2nd to 3rd July, photo; same as Somerset.
(British Birds 100: plates 215 & 216; Birding World 20 (7): 268, photo; S. Gantlett & T. Pym, Birding World 20 (7): 279-295, plates 9-11; British Birds 102: plate 270; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 538, plate 358; BOURC (2010), Ibis 152: 200; A. Rowlands, P. Kidner & P. Condon, British Birds 103: 376-384, plates 197 & 198).
