Northern Parula
Setophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758) (0, 16)
Photo © Phil Woollen - Tiree, Argyll, 29 September 2010
STATUS
North America. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Arrivals date from late September to late November, with three individuals (Dorset), eleven in the south west of England, one Greater Manchester and one on Tiree, Argyll. Just two individuals in the last twenty-four years means it is becoming much rarer.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1966 Isles of Scilly Pool Road, Tresco, male, 16th to 17th October.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 60: 329; H. M. Quick, Cornwall Bird Watching & Preservation Society Report 1966: 79; B. King & D. B. Hunt, British Birds 63: 149-151; BOURC (1971), Ibis 113: 144).
2). 1967 Cornwall Porthgwarra, 26th November.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 61: 356; L. P. Williams, British Birds 70: 263-264).
3). 1968 Dorset Portland: Southwell, 9th October.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 62: 486).
4). 1982 Greater Manchester Wigan Infirmary, moribund, 2nd November, now at Liverpool Museum.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 80: 566).
5). 1983 Isles of Scilly Borough Farm, Tresco, first-winter, 1st October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 77: 557; R. Chittenden, British Birds 79: 432-433).
6). 1983 Isles of Scilly Parsonage area, St Agnes, first-winter, 10th to 13th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 77: 557; T. Gravett, British Birds 79: 434).
7). 1985 Dorset Hengistbury Head, first-winter female, 30th September to 12th October, trapped 9th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 580).
8). 1985 Isles of Scilly Tregarthen's Hotel, St Mary's, male, 3rd to 17th October, photo; presumed same, St Agnes, 18th to 21st October, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 580, plates 15-18, 279 & 280; E. C. Basterfield, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1985: 60; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 143).
9). 1985 Cornwall Penlee Point, Cawsand, first-winter female, 17th to 19th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 580).
10). 1987 Cornwall Nanquidno, St Just, male, 13th to 23rd October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 590).
11). 1988 Dorset Portland Bill and Southwell, first-winter male, 30th September to 7th October, trapped 30th September, photo.
(Birding World 1 (10): 341, photo; Birding World 4 (8): 285, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 556, plates 340 & 341).
12). 1988 Cornwall Cot Valley, St Just, female, 9th to 19th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 556).
13). 1992 Isles of Scilly Garrison, St Mary's, 8th to 10th October, photo.
(Birding World 5 (10): 372, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 530; Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1992: photo; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 143).
14). 1995 Isles of Scilly Parsonage, St Agnes, first-winter, 10th October, photo.
(Birding World 8 (10): 370, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 89: 524, plate 169; Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1995: photo; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 143).
15). 2010 Argyll Carnan Mor and Balephuil, Tiree, first-winter, 25th to 29th September, photo.
(Birding World 23 (9): 379, photo; British Birds 103: plate 387; Scottish Birds 30: plate 336; Birding World 23 (12): 538, photo; J. M. Bowler, Scottish Birds 31: 86-90, plates 80-86; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 625, plate 339).
16). 2023 Isles of Scilly Cricket Pitch, St Martin’s, 1CY, female, 23rd to 26th September, photo.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 730, plate 494; Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2023: photo).
