Marmora's Warbler
Curruca sarda (Temminck, 1820) (0, 7)
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STATUS
Mediterranean islands. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Seen in all home countries with arrivals mainly May, some June.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1982 Yorkshire Midhope Moor, male, in song, 15th May to 24th July, photo.
(British Birds 75: plates 145-146; J. Lunn, British Birds 78: 475-481; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 575, 690, corr., plates 218-220; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 572; BOURC (1986), Ibis 128: 601; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 612).
2). 1992 Yorkshire Spurn, in song, 8th to 9th June, trapped 8th June, photo.
(J. McLoughlin, Birding World 5 (6): 216-217, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 513; Yorkshire Naturalists' Union Bird Report 1992: photo; Neal, 1996, photo; M. A. Ogilvie and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, British Birds 88: 89; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 612).
3). 1993 Borders St Abb's Head NNR, male, in song, 23rd to 27th May, photo.
(Birding World 6 (5): 182, photo; Birding World 6 (12): 483, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 87: 554, plate 159; Birding World 9 (7): 279, photo; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 612).
4). 2001 Norfolk Scolt Head, in song, 12th, 18th May.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 512; N. Lawton, Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 2001: 281-282; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 612).
5). 2001 Suffolk Sizewell, male, 29th May, video., photo.
(Birding World 14 (5): 184, photos; Birding World 14 (6): 229, photo; Birding World 14 (12): 509, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 512; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 612).
6). 2010 Gwent The Blorenge, Abergavenny, first-summer male, in song, 3rd to 15th June, photo, sound recording.
(British Birds 103: plate 238; Birding World 23 (6): 222, photo; T. Hutton, Birding World 23 (6): 235-237, plates 1-4; Birding World 23 (12): 536, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 598, plate 320; Birds in Wales 8: No. 2, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 612).
7). 2018 Shetland Baliasta, Unst, 2CY, male, 14th May, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 602, plate 337).
P). 2024 Fair Isle Steensi Geo, first-summer male, 29th May; same, Gully, trapped, 30th May to 1st June, photo.
(D. Parnaby, Scottish Birds 44: 286-288, plates 230-232).
