Siberian Rubythroat

Calliope calliope (Pallas, 1776) (0, 17)

Photo © Phil Woollen - Levenwick, Mainland, Shetland, 8 October 2014

STATUS

Eurasia. Polytypic.

OVERVIEW

Just two individuals missed going to the northern isles, singles in Dorset and Co. Durham. Fourteen arrived during October, the other two during November.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). 1975 Fair Isle Sheep Cru, first-winter male, 9th to 11th October, trapped, Plantation, 9th October, photo.

(J. N. Dymond and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 69: 346; Fair Isle Bird Observatory Report 1975: photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 71: 516; A. R. Lowe, British Birds 72: 89-92, plates 32-33; Scottish Bird Report 1975: plate 19b; BOURC (1978), Ibis 120: 409; Birding World 5 (4): 140, photo; D. Coutts, Birding Scotland 5 (1): 33-34, plate 22).

2). 1997 Dorset Osmington Mills, first-winter male, 19th October, photo.

(I. Hunt, Birding World 10 (10): 390-391, photos; Birding World 10 (12): 475, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 501, plate 135; Dorset Bird Report 1997: photo).

3). 2001 Shetland Hulma Lees, Bixter, Mainland, male, probably first-winter, freshly dead on road, 25th October, photo, specimen retained by D Coutts.

(K. Osborn, Birding World 14 (10): 426-427, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 505; D. Coutts, Birding Scotland 5 (1): 33-34, plate 21; D. Coutts & K. Osborn, Shetland Bird Report 2001: 94-95, photo; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).

4). 2003 Fair Isle Utra, first-winter female, 17th to 19th October, photo.

(A. Bull, Birding World 16 (10): 427-428, plates 1 & 2; Birding World 16 (12): 518, photo; A. Bull, Birding Scotland 6 (4): 181-182, plates 164-167; British Birds 96: plate 406; Fair Isle Bird Observatory Report 2003: photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 596).

5). 2005 Fair Isle Near Midway, first-winter female, 23rd to 27th October when trapped at Quoy, photo.

(Birding World 18 (10): 416, photos; Birding World 18 (12): 513, photo; M. Culshaw, Birding Scotland 8 (4): 159-162, plates 155-160; British Birds 99: plate 24; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 78; M. Culshaw, Fair Isle Bird Observatory Report 2005: 110-112, photo; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).

6). 2006 Co. Durham Roker, Sunderland, first-winter female, 26th to 28th October, photo.

(Birding World 19 (12): 522, photo; British Birds 99: plate 366; P. A. Fraser and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 730, plate 349; Bowey & Newsome, 2012: photo).

7). 2007 Shetland Hametoun, Foula, male, 5th October, photo.

(Birding World 20 (10): 409, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 557; Shetland Bird Report 2007: photo).

8). 2011 Shetland Gulberwick, Mainland, first-winter male, 18th to 30th October, photo.

(Birding World 24 (10): 418, 419, photos;  British Birds 104: plate 448; Birding World 24 (12): 519, photo; Scottish Birds 32: plate 74; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 607, plate 356).

9). 2012 Fair Isle Schoolton and Haa, female, 23rd October to 3rd November, photo.

(Birding World 25 (10): 407, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 620).

10). 2013 Fair Isle Upper Stoneybrek, first-winter male, 21st to 23rd October, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 107: 633, plate 321).

11). 2014 Shetland Levenwick, Mainland, male, 3rd to 8th October, photo.

(British Birds 107: plate 364; Scottish Birds 35: plate 86; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 616, plate 362).

12). 2015 Fair Isle Hill Dyke, 1CY, female, 20th October, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 616).

13). 2016 Fair Isle Lower Stoneybrek, 1CY+ male, 18th November.

(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 610).

14). 2018 Fair Isle Meadow Burn, 1CY+, male, 28th October, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 608, plate 342).

15). 2019 Shetland Tresta, Fetlar, 1CY, male, 15th October, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 634, plate 383).

16). 2019 Orkney Purtabreck, North Ronaldsay, 1CY+, female, 6th to 7th November, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 634).

17). 2022 Shetland Quendale, Mainland, 1CY+, male, 20th October, photo.

(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 588).

P). 2024 Shetland Hametoun Burn, Foula, 30th to 31st October.

(birding information services).