Siberian Blue Robin
Larvivora cyane (Pallas, 1776) (0, 4)
Photo © S Davies - North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 8 October 2017
STATUS
Eurasia. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
The first for Britain was also the third record for the Western Palearctic. The arrival of 28 Radde’s Warblers Phylloscopus schwarzi to the UK, which shares a similar breeding area, helped to admit this record. All arrivals during October.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 2000 Suffolk Minsmere RSPB, first-winter or female, 23rd October.
(K. Foster, Birding World 13 (10): 412-414; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 505; BOURC (2003), Ibis 145: 178-183; K. Foster, British Birds 99: 517-520).
2). 2001 Orkney North Ronaldsay, first-winter male, 2nd October, photo.
(P. A. Brown, Birding World 14 (10): 422-423, plates 1-3; Birding World 14 (12): 509, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 505; P. A. Brown, Birding Scotland 5 (1): 35-36, plates 23-27; Birding Scotland 5 (4): plate 112; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).
3). 2011 Shetland Ham, Foula, first-winter female, killed by cat, 1st October, photo, now at National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z.2011.151).
(Birding World 24 (10): 417, photo; R. Y. McGowan, Scottish Birds 32: 168; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 604).
4). 2017 Orkney Southness, North Ronaldsay, 2CY+ male, trapped, 8th October, photo.
(T. Gale & L. M. Hooper, Scottish Birds 38: 80-81, plate 71; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 605, plate 392).
