The categorisation of species as either County or National rarities is given in the listing at the back of each year's Devon Bird Report. You can also find this information on the Devon List & Checklist page, which includes a link to a downloadable pdf of the current Devon Checklist.

Submitting records of Devon County rarities

Please submit records of Devon County rarities using this Devon Rarity Form (44 KB Word file) to Steve Waite, the County Recorder.

Submitting records of National rarities

Please submit records of nationally rare species (i.e. those species for which all records are considered by the British Birds Rarities Committee – BBRC) using this BBRC Rarity Form (47 KB Word file). Please ensure that when submitting rarity forms directly to the BBRC, a copy is also sent to the County Recorder.