Amur Wagtail
Motacilla alba leucopsis Gould, 1838 (0, 1)
STATUS
Inland south-east Siberia, central, eastern China, south Korea and south-west Japan.
OVERVIEW
This far eastern race of White Wagtail stayed for two days and had a lot of admirers.
BBRC RECORD
1). 2005 Co. Durham Dawdon Blast Beach, male, 5th to 6th April, photo.
(S. G. Addinall, Birding World 18 (4): 155-158, plates 1-8; Birding World 18 (12): 508, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 571; BOURC (2010), Ibis 152: 201; S. G. Addinall, British Birds 103: 260-267 plates 129-132; Bowey & Newsome, 2012: photo).
P). 2023 Shetland Foula, male, 3rd June, photo.
(birding information services).