Short-toed Treecreeper

Certhia brachydactyla Brehm, CL, 1820 (0, 38)

Photo © hedera.baltica from Wrocław, Poland, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

STATUS

Europe and North Africa. Polytypic.

OVERVIEW

One individual reached Yorkshire away from the usual Kent monopoly (29 individuals). Other singles have appeared in Dorset, Sussex and Suffolk with Essex having had two individuals. Resident in the Channel Islands.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). 1969 Kent Dungeness, trapped, 27th to 30th September, trapped 27th and 30th.

(J. N. Dymond and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 69: 360; R. E. Scott, British Birds 69: 508-509; BOURC (1978), Ibis 120: 410).

2). 1970 Yorkshire Hornsea Mere, trapped, 26th October.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 444).

3). 1970 Dorset Portland: Pennsylvania Castle, 23rd November to 21st March 1971; previously rejected.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 452, rejected; F. R. Clafton, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Society 92: 90; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 516).

4). 1973 Kent Worth, trapped, 26th September.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 445).

5). 1974 Kent Sandwich Bay, trapped, 4th April.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 445).

6). 1975 Essex/Greater London Epping Forest, 26th May.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 448; M. Dennis, Essex Bird Report 1976: 62-63; Self, 2014).

7). 1978 Kent Dungeness, two, trapped, 7th October, one remaining to 10th October.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 72: 538).

9). 1979 Dorset Portland BO, trapped, 7th May.

(Birding World 5 (1): 15, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 523).

10). 1983 Kent St Margaret's, trapped, 24th September.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 523).

11). 1984 Kent Dungeness, trapped, 15th and 19th April.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 523).

12). 1988 Kent Sandwich Bay, 19th to 25th October, trapped 19th October.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 523).

13). 1990 Kent Reculver, female, trapped, 29th July.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 84: 495).

14). 1990 Kent St Margaret's Bay, trapped, 14th October, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 84: 495, plate 270).

15). 1990 Kent Dungeness, 18th to 24th October, 6th November to 16th January 1991, trapped, 18th, 20th October, 6th November, photo.

(D. Walker, Birding World 3 (11): 379-380, photo; Birding World 3 (12): 409, photo; Birding World 5 (1): 15, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 84: 495, plates 252, 271 & 272; Kent Bird Report 1990: photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 85: 545).

16). 1990 Kent Sandwich Bay, trapped, 7th November, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 85: 545; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 523).

17). 1991 Kent Dungeness, another, 23rd to 31st January.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 85: 545).

18). 1993 Kent Dungeness, first-winter, trapped, 19th September, photo.

(D. Walker, Birding World 6 (10): 401-402, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 87: 559).

19). 1994 Kent Dungeness, 3rd to 4th April, photo.

(Birding World 7 (4): 134, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 88: 542).

20). 1998 Kent Dungeness, 30th to 31st March, trapped 30th and 31st March.

(Birding World 11 (4): 121, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 384, 599).

21). 2001 Kent Dungeness, 27th to 30th March, photo.

(Birding World 14 (3): 95, photos; Birding World 14 (4): 161, photos; British Birds 94: plate 112; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 516).

22). 2003 Kent Dungeness, 14th to 16th October.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 614).

23). 2005 Essex Bradwell-on-Sea, 6th to 10th April, photo.

(Birding World 18 (4): 145, photos; Birding World 18 (12): 508, photo; British Birds 98: plate 147; P. A. Fraser and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 744).

24). 2005 Kent Dungeness, two: one, 2nd May and one 8th May.

(P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 92).

26). 2011 Suffolk Landguard, 24th March to 6th April, trapped 24th March, photo.

(British Birds 104: plate 147; Birding World 24 (3): 98, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 602, plate 351).

27). 2012 Kent Samphire Hoe CP, 10th March, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 618).

28). 2015 Kent Dungeness, 1CY+, 10th September, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 612).

29). 2015 Sussex Beachy Head, 1CY+, 27th October, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 612, plate 336).

30). 2017 Kent Samphire Hoe CP, 1CY+, trapped, 15th October, photo.

(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 603).

31). 2018 Kent Dungeness, 2CY+, 11th April, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 605).

32). 2019 Kent Langdon Cliffs, 1CY+, 21st September, photo; presumed same, 6th October and 3rd November.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 632).

33). 2020 Kent Dungeness, 2CY+, 17th to 20th March, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 608, plate 415).

34). 2020 Kent Dungeness, 2CY, 2nd April, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 608).

35). 2020 Kent Dungeness, 2CY+, 14th to 15th April, photo, sound recording.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 608).

36). 2020 Kent Dungeness, 1CY+, 14th October, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 608).

37). 2021 Kent St Margaret's at Cliffe, 1st February to 13th March.

(Web-WIP-29-Mar-22).

P). 2023 Kent Fan Bay, 7th April.

(birding information services).

P). 2023 Kent St Margaret’s at Cliffe, 8th April.

(birding information services).

38). 2023 Kent South View, Dungeness NNR, 5th May.

(BBRC - Web-WIP-11-3-24).