Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus (Pallas, 1811) (0, 13)
Photo © Kris Webb - Kittydown, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, November 2019
STATUS
North America. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
This Catharus thrush has appeared more times in Scotland (five in the northern isles, two Outer Hebrides) than in south-west England (one Cornwall, four on the Isles of Scilly). Four have occurred in spring.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1975 Fair Isle Field, 2nd June, photo.
(J. N. Dymond and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 69: 345; R. A. Broad, British Birds 72: 414-417, plate 208; BOURC (1978), Ibis 120: 409).
2). 1984 Isles of Scilly Peninnis Head, St Mary's, 28th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 573; S. M. Andrews, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1984: 53-54; S. M. Andrews, British Birds 79: 297-298).
3). 1987 Isles of Scilly Chapel Fields, St Agnes, 15th October; same, Big Pool, St Agnes, 16th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 579).
4). 1993 Isles of Scilly Pool Road, Tresco, 11th October; presumed same, Monument, Tresco, 15th to 18th October, photo.
(Birding World 6 (10): 390, photo; Birding World 6 (12): 480, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 87: 550, plate 156; Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1993: photo; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 114).
5). 1995 Fair Isle Observatory, first-winter, trapped, 19th October, released Plantation.
(Birding World 8 (12): 472, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 89: 516).
6). 1998 Shetland Feal Burn, Fetlar, 30th April to 1st May.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 220, 593; T. Davies & J. Davies, Shetland Bird Report 1998: 92-93).
7). 2010 Outer Hebrides Brevig, Barra, first-winter, 9th to 11th October, photo; presumed same, Castlebay, Barra, 14th to 16th October, photo.
(Birding World 23 (10): 428, photo; S. E. Duffield & S. L. Rivers, Scottish Birds 31: 279-283, plates 241-243, 246, 247; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 607, plate 325).
8). 2010 Outer Hebrides Loch Druidibeg, South Uist, first-winter, trapped, 10th October, photo.
(S. E. Duffield & S. L. Rivers, Scottish Birds 31: 279-283, plates 244 & 245; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 607).
9). 2013 Cornwall Porthgwarra, first-winter, 29th October to 1st November, photo.
(British Birds 106: plate 470; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 107: 630, plate 318).
10). 2014 Fair Isle Hesti Geo, then other sites, first-winter, 13th to 16th May, photo.
(British Birds 107: plate 219; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 614).
11). 2014 Outer Hebrides Balranald, North Uist, first-winter, 22nd to 23rd October, photo.
(British Birds 107: plate 400; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 614, plate 358).
12). 2017 Shetland Noss NNR, 2CY, 19th April, photo.
(British Birds 110: plate 204; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 604, plate 391).
13). 2019 Isles of Scilly Kittydown, St Mary's, 1CY, 18th November to 7th December, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 632, plates 21 & 380; Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2019: photo).
