Black-winged Kite

STATUS

Polytypic. France and the South-western Iberian Peninsula., Africa and western Arabia.

OVERVIEW

This first for Britain was seen by one Shropshire birder. It was of the nominate western race caeruleus.

BBRC RECORDS

1.0). 2023 Montgomeryshire Glan-Mule, Newtown, 18th April, video; also seen Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).

1.1). 2023 Norfolk Braydon Marshes, Horsey and Trimingham, 17th to 20th July, photo; same as Montgomeryshire; also seen Suffolk, Essex.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).

1.2). 2023 Suffolk Felixstowe Ferry and King’s Fleet, 20th to 21st July, photo; same as Montgomeryshire; also seen Norfolk, Essex.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).

1.3). 2023 Essex St Osyth, 21st July; same, Colne Point, 22nd July, photo; same as Montgomeryshire; also seen Norfolk, Suffolk.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).

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