Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (0, 7)
Photo © By Derek Bakken - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2798300
STATUS
North America. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Five of the idividuals have landed on the Isles of Scilly between 29th August and 3rd October. The other two birds arrived in Mainland England during October.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1958 Isles of Scilly Cove Vean, St Agnes, first-winter, 30th September to 12th October, trapped 30th September, photo.
(G. A. Pyman and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 53: 172; K. Williamson & I. J. Ferguson-Lees, British Birds 53: 373; G. J. Harris, J. L. F. Parslow & R. E. Scott, British Birds 53: 513-518, plate 59; J. L. F. Parslow, Bird Migration 1: 17; I. C. T. Nisbet, British Birds 56: 204-217; BOURC (1960), Ibis 102: 629; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 147).
2). 1968 Isles of Scilly Great Pool, Tresco, 3rd to 7th October.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 62: 486; D. I. M. Wallace, British Birds 65: 484-485; D. I. M. Wallace, British Birds 69: 27-33).
3). 1982 Isles of Scilly Bryher, 29th September to 4th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 526; M. W. Woodcock & N. C. Jackson, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1982: 52-53; M. W. Woodcock, British Birds 77: 368-371).
4). 1988 Lincolnshire Gibraltar Point NNR, 22nd to 23rd October, trapped 22nd October, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 557, plate 79).
5). 1989 Isles of Scilly Porth Killier, St Agnes, 29th to 30th August, photo.
(Birding World 2 (9): 309, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 489, plate 87; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 147).
6). 1996 Dorset Portland BO, 14th to 17th October, trapped 14th October, photo.
(M. Cade, Birding World 9 (10): 394, 395, photos; Birding World 9 (12): 479, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 90: 510, plate 190; Dorset Bird Report 1996: photo).
7). 2011 Isles of Scilly Lower Moors, St Mary's, trapped, 16th September to 16th April 2012, photo.
(Birding World 24 (9): 371, photos; British Birds 104: plate 387; Birding World 24 (10): 427, photos; Birding World 24 (12): 517, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 619, plate 367; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 634).
P). 2024 Essex Heybridge, Maldon, first-winter, 3rd to 21st January, photo.
(British Birds 117: plate 120).
