Pine Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator (Linnaeus, 1758) (4, 8)
Photo © Phil Woollen - North Collafirth, Mainland, Shetland, 3 February 2013
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.
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.
(birding information services).
