American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (0, 6)
Photo © By Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren - American Redstart, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81080014
STATUS
North America. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Two records from the south-west of England, one on the south coast, one on the east coast and two in Scotland. Three of the individuals have stayed longer than ten days: 1982 Lincolnshire (29 days), 1983 Cornwall (12 days) and 2017 Outer Hebrides (11 days).
Another mainland individual would be much appreciated.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1967 Cornwall Porthgwarra, first-winter male, 21st October.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 61: 356; J. E. Beckerlegge, Cornwall Bird Watching & Preservation Society Report 1967: 44-46; E. M. P. Allsopp, K. Allsopp & K. L. Fox, British Birds 63: 151-153; BOURC (1971), Ibis 113: 144).
2). 1982 Argyll Portnahaven, Islay, female or immature, 1st November.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 525; J. Dawson & T ap Rheinallt, Birding Scotland 4 (4): 186-188).
3). 1982 Lincolnshire Gibraltar Point LNR, first-winter, probably male, 7th November to 5th December, trapped 8th November, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 525, plate 224; R. K. Watson, Lincolnshire Bird Report 1982: 55-56, photo; R. Lambert, R. K. Watson & K. W. Winfield, British Birds 78: 245-246).
4). 1983 Cornwall Kenidjack Valley, St Just, first-winter male, 13th to 24th October, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 77: 558, plates 18 & 19; S. M. Christophers, Birds in Cornwall 1983: 91, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 581, corr.).
5). 1985 Hampshire Winchester College Water Meadows, first-winter male, 4th to 6th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 590).
6). 2017 Outer Hebrides Eoligarry, Barra, 1CY, female, 7th to 17th September, photo.
(B. Taylor, Scottish Birds 37: 371-374, plates 316-319 & 320 a-b; British Birds 110: plate 389; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 614, plate 402; British Birds 112: plate 138).
