Balearic Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senator badius Hartlaub, 1854 (0, 14)
Photo © Keith A Naylor - Helvear, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, 4 October 2021
Sub-species
STATUS
West Mediterranean Islands.
OVERVIEW
The two in 2013 and one in 2015 broke the mould of southern counties: one in Yorkshire and two in Scotland. The 2021 record is the first in autumn.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1980 Suffolk Sizewell, adult male, 15th to 21st June.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 74: 488; D. R. Moore, Suffolk Birds 1980: 27; D. R. Moore, Suffolk Birds 1984: 56; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 580; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 94; BOURC (2009), Ibis 151: 226).
2). 1986 Dorset Portland: Grove Point, adult male, 10th May.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 80: 563; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 616; B. J. Small & G. Walbridge, British Birds 98: 32-42; BOURC (2005) Ibis 147: 246-250).
3). 1995 Norfolk Great Cressingham, male, 2nd to 6th July, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 616; B. J. Small & G. Walbridge, British Birds 98: 32-42; M. J. Seago, Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 1995: 718; Birding World 8 (7): 248, photo; A. Corso, Birding World 10 (4): 152-153).
4). 1995 Kent Dungeness, female, 15th to 21st July, trapped 18th July, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 616; B. J. Small & G. Walbridge, British Birds 98: 32-42, plates 16 & 17; Birding World 8 (7): 248, photo; A. Corso, Birding World 10 (4): 152-153).
5). 1999 Isles of Scilly Troy Town, St Agnes, 21st to 27th April, photo.
(M. S. Scott, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1999: 85; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 607).
6). 2005 Avon Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, first-summer, 11th to 13th June, photo.
(B. Slade, Birding World 18 (6): 244-245, plates 1-3; British Birds 98: plate 230; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 94, plate 34; Avon Bird Report 2005: photo).
7). 2007 Cornwall Nanjizal, first-summer male, trapped, 5th to 10th May, photo.
(Birding World 20 (5): 191, photos; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 589).
8). 2008 Somerset North Hill, Minehead, first-summer female, 29th to 30th June, photo.
(Birding World 21 (6): 234, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 589).
9). 2010 Cornwall Windmill Farm NR, The Lizard, first-summer male, 10th to 11th April, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 595).
10). 2011 Isles of Scilly The Plains, St Martin's, 2CY, male, 15th to 19th May, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 601).
11). 2013 Orkney Pierowall, Westray, male, 26th May, photo; also in Shetland.
(R. B. Wynn, Scottish Birds 33: 273-274, plates 235-237; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 107: 617, plate 307).
12). 2013 Shetland Ham, Foula, male, 28th May, photo; same as Orkney.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 107: 617).
13). 2015 Yorkshire Wykeham Forest, Sawdon, 2CY, male, 13th May, photo.
(British Birds 108: plate 246; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 601).
14). 2021 Isles of Scilly Helvear, St Mary’s, 2CY+, male, 6th September to 6th October, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 584).
