Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Phylloscopus orientalis (Brehm, CL, 1855) (0, 8)
Photo © By Telegro - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71425754
STATUS
South-east Europe to western Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Bonelli’s Warbler was split in 1997 to form two species: Western and Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler. Call is the best feature to separate the two.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1987 Isles of Scilly Salakee, St Mary's, 30th September; presumed same, first-winter, 8th to 10th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 585; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 509; T. J. Wilson & C. Fentiman, British Birds 92: 519-523; BOURC (1997), Ibis 139: 200; BOURC (1998), Ibis 140: 182).
2). 1995 Northumberland Whitley Bay Cemetery, 20th to 29th September, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 89: 520; A. Jack, Birds in Northumbria 1996: 130-131; Eds., British Birds 90: 70; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 90: 503; BOURC (1997), Ibis 139: 197-201; BOURC (1998), Ibis 140: 182).
3). 1998 Shetland Sumburgh Hotel, Mainland, 27th to 28th August, trapped both days; same, Grutness, 29th August to 5th September, photo.
(Birding World 11 (8): 282, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 276, 599, plates 193-198; Birding Scotland 1: 154-159; P. V. Harvey, Shetland Bird Report 1998: 94, photo; Birding Scotland 2 (2): plate 39; Pennington et al., 2004; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photos).
4). 2004 Devon Lundy, 26th April, photo.
(Birding World 17 (5): 191, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 681; Devon Bird Report 2004: photo).
5). 2009 Dorset Portland: Avalanche Road, Southwell, 1st May, photo, sound recording.
(Birding World 22 (5): 191, photo; Birding World 22 (12): 501, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 611, plate 335; Dorset Bird Report 2009: photo).
6). 2014 Northumberland Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, male, in song, 3rd May, photo, sound recording.
(British Birds 107: plate 196; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 605).
7). 2014 Shetland Scalloway, Mainland, 10th to 13th October, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 605, plate 353).
8). 2016 Isle of Man Calf of Man, 2CY+, trapped, 5th to 6th May, photo, sound recording, DNA analysis.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 601).
