GLOSSARY

The following acronyms and abbreviations are sometimes used in the UKBS pages, for brevity:

BONXIE: Great Skua COMMIC: ‘Common or Arctic’ Tern, when specific ID is impossible

CP: Country Park

GP: Gravel Pits

LNR: Local Nature Reserve

MED GULL: Mediterranean Gull

NR: Nature Reserve

NNR: National Nature Reserve

PINKFEET: Pink-footed Geese

RSPB: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (reserve)

SP: Species (eg, skua sp. or diver sp.), used when precise ID proves impossible)

SSP: Subspecies

SW: Sewage Works

WHITEFRONTS: White-fronted Geese

WP: Water Park

WT: Wildlife Trust (reserve), preceded by initial of the particular county Trust, eg., Brandon Marsh WWT (Warwickshire Wildlife Trust)

WWT: Wildlfowl & Wetlands Trust (reserve)