Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrina (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (0, 3)
Photo © Kris Webb - Green Bay, Bryher, 10 November 2023
STATUS
North America. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Two Scottish records and one English. Summer and late autumn so far for arrival.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1977 Clyde Paisley Glen, Renfrewshire, male, in song, 17th June, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 72: 542; T. Byars & H. Galbraith, British Birds 73: 2-5; BOURC (1980), Ibis 122: 565; I. McDonald & T. Byars, Birding Scotland 3 (3): 136-140, plate 94; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).
2). 2013 Shetland Baltasound, Unst, first-winter female, 23rd October to 2nd November, photo.
(British Birds 106: plate 472; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 107: 646, plates 40 & 334; British Birds 112: plate 358).
3). 2023 Isles of Scilly Veronica Farm/Green Bay, Bryher, 1CY, female, 10th November to 4th December, photo.
(British Birds 117: plate 236; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 729, plate 493).
