Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia (Wilson, A, 1811) (0, 4)
Photo © By Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren - Magnolia Warbler, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81080053
STATUS
North America. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
All four individuals of this Nearctic vagrant arrived in September. The first on one of the most southerly islands of Britain with the other on one of the most northerly islands of Britain. The next two in south Wales.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1981 Isles of Scilly Barnaby Lane, St Agnes, 27th to 28th September.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 75: 529; S. D. Enright, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1981: 55-56; S. D. Enright, British Birds 88: 107-108; BOURC (1984), Ibis 126: 441).
2). 2012 Fair Isle Lerness, male, 23rd September, photo.
(Birding World 25 (9): 354, photo; J. Moss, Birding World 25 (9): 379, plates 1 & 2; British Birds 105: plate 409; J. Moss & W. T. S. Miles, Scottish Birds 32: 353-357, plates 307-311; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 635, plate 378).
3). 2023 Pembrokeshire St Govan’s Head, 1CY, 20th to 26th September, photo.
(British Birds 116: plate 377; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 730, plates 433 & 495).
4). 2023 Gower Baglan Bay, Briton Ferry, 1CY+, 24th to 29th September, photo.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 730).
