Spectacled Warbler
Curruca conspicillata (Temminck, 1820) (0, 9)
Photo © Juan Lacruz, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
STATUS
South-western Europe. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
Seven of the records occurred in spring and two in the autumn. Mainly southern counties, including East Anglia, but once in Yorkshire.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1992 Yorkshire Filey, male, in song, 24th to 29th May, trapped but not ringed 24th May, photo.
(C. Thomas, Birding World 5 (5): 181-182, photos; Birding World 5 (12): 473, photo; Birding World 6 (9): 367, photo; Birding World 7 (4): 164, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 87: 554; M. A. Ogilvie and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, British Birds 88: 89; BOURC (1994), Ibis 136: 254; C. C. Thomas, R. E. Harbird & P. J. Dunn, British Birds 91: 225-230).
2). 1997 Suffolk Landguard, male, 26th April to 2nd May, trapped 26th April, photo.
(M. D. Crewe & M. Marsh, Birding World 10 (4): 138-139, photos; Birding World 10 (12): 479, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 506, plate 147; M. Marsh, Suffolk Birds 1997: 147-148, plate 23; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 596, corr.).
3). 1999 Devon Roborough Down, near Clearbrook, first-summer, in song, 3rd to 6th June, possibly since mid May, photo.
(Birding World 12 (12): 491, photo; British Birds 92: plate 150; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 93: 556, plate 337).
4). 2000 Isles of Scilly Middle Down, Tresco, first-winter, 15th to 21st October, photo.
(S. J. Broyd, Birding World 13 (10): 418-419, photos; Birding World 13 (12): 493, photo; British Birds 93: plate 367; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 489, plate 269; Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2000: plate 11; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 125).
5). 2008 Suffolk Westleton Heath, adult male, in song, 10th May, photo.
(Birding World 21 (5): 193, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 583).
6). 2011 Norfolk Scolt Head, male, in song, 6th May, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 598).
7). 2011 Hampshire Needs Ore, adult male, 29th to 30th October, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 598).
8). 2014 Norfolk Gun Hill, Burnham Overy Dunes, first-summer male, in song, 2nd to 18th June, photo, sound recording.
(British Birds 107: plates 217 & 257; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 607, plate 354).
9). 2017 Dorset Portland Bill, 2CY+ male, 8th May, photo.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 601).
