Pine Grosbeak

Pinicola enucleator (Linnaeus, 1758) (4, 8)

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STATUS

Eurasia and North America. Polytypic.

OVERVIEW

Shetland or east coast counties are the favoured arrival sites, however two records stand out: Nottinghamshire and Middlesex. Three spring records but the majority occurred during November.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). Pre 1831 Co. Durham Bill Quay, Pelaw, female, shot, undated, photo.

(P. J. Selby, Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham 1831: 265; Yarrell, 1871-85; J. H. Gurney, jun., Zoologist 1877: 244-245, 249; BOU, 1883; Seebohm, 1883-85; J. H. Gurney, Zoologist 1890: 125; Temperley, 1951; Bowey & Newsome, 2012: photo).

2). Pre 1843 Greater London Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, first-winter female, shot, undated.

(Yarrell, 1845; Yarrell, 1871-85; J. H. Gurney, jun., Zoologist 1877: 246-247, 249; BOU, 1883; Seebohm, 1883-85; J. E. Harting, Zoologist 1889: 414; J. H. Gurney, jun., Zoologist 1890: 126; Glegg, 1935; Self, 2014).

3). c. 1861 Yorkshire Littlebeck, near Whitby, immature male, shot, winter, now at Whitby Museum.

(Clarke & Roebuck, 1881; J. H. Gurney, jun., Zoologist 1890: 126-127; Nelson, 1907; Mather, 1986).

4). 1890 Nottinghamshire Watnall, male, shot, 30th October, now in Tim Loseby Collection.

(J. Whitaker, Field 6th Dec., 1890: 850; J. Whitaker, Zoologist 1890: 464; F. B. Whitlock, Naturalist 17: 38, 47; Whitaker, 1907; BOU, 1971; H. Harrop, Birding World 5 (4): 136, plate 4; Birds of Nottinghamshire Report 2001: plate 15).

5). 1954 Fife Isle of May, adult female, trapped, 8th to 9th November, photo.

(W. U. Flower, T. Weir & D. Scott, British Birds 48: 133-134, plates 19 & 20; Scottish Field April 1955: 45, photo; W. J. Eggeling, Scottish Naturalist 68: 46, 47; E. V. Baxter, Scottish Naturalist 69: 43; W. J. Eggeling, Scottish Birds 8: 129; Thom, 1986).

6). 1957 Kent East Malling, female or immature male, 2nd November.

(E. H. Gillham, Kent Bird Report 1957: 38; Taylor, Davenport & Flegg, 1981).

7). 1971 Kent Cobtree, Maidstone, adult male, 15th May.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 65: 348).

8). 1975 Northumberland Holy Island, male, 11th to 12th May.

(J. N. Dymond and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 69: 356; Birding World 4 (9): 318, photo).

9). 1992 Shetland Lerwick, Mainland, male, probably first-year, in song, 25th March to 25th April, photo.

(Birding World 5 (3): 88, photos; H. Harrop, Birding World 5 (4): 133-137, plate 1; Birding World 5 (12): 476, photo; British Birds 85: plates 201, 205; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 528; Birding World 5: 133-137, photos; P. Barry, Shetland Bird Report 1992: 110, photos).

10). 2000 Shetland Maywick, Mainland, first-winter male, 9th November, photo.

(H. Harrop, Birding World 13 (11): 448-450, plates 1-4; Birding World 13 (12): 494, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 498, plate 32; H. R. Harrop, Shetland Bird Report 2000: 97-98, photo; K. Osborn, Birding Scotland 4 (1): 32, plate 15; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).

11). 2004 Yorkshire Easington, first-winter male, 8th to 10th November, photo.

(Birding World 17 (11): 455, photo; Yorkshire Birding 13: 131-133; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 686; Yorkshire Rare and Scarce Birds Report 2004: photo).

12). 2012 Shetland Urafirth, Mainland, first-winter male, 1st to 2nd November, photo; presumed same, North Collafirth, Mainland, 29th January to 23rd February 2013, photo.

(M. S. Chapman & R. J. Nason, Scottish Birds 33: 184-187, plates 166-170; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 630, plates 117 & 372; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 107: 642, plate 330).

P). 2022 Devon Woolacombe, male, 15th March, photo.

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