Sykes’s Warbler

Iduna rama (Sykes, 1832) (0, 19)

Photo © By Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan - Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74671092

STATUS

Eurasia: Kazakhstan and western China south to Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Monotypic.

OVERVIEW

One trapped on 28th August 2016 on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, displayed biometrics pointing to Sykes's Warbler but DNA later proved it to be a Booted Warbler (G. Woodbridge & J. M. Collinson, Scottish Birds 41: 67-71, plates 66-68).

Arrivals date from mid-August to 22nd October, with one mid summer individual trapped on 1st July.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). 1959 Fair Isle Gully, adult, 29th to 31st August, trapped 29th August.

(P. E. Davis, British Birds 53: 123-125; G. A. Pyman and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 53: 425; P. E. Davis, Fair Isle Bird Observatory Bulletin 4: 127; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 96: 594-595; Birding World 14: 205; BOURC (2005) Ibis 147: 246-250; R. Riddington, British Birds 102: 622-626).

2). 1977 Fair Isle Observatory, first-winter, 20th to 27th August, trapped 20th August, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 71: 520, plate 201; M. S. Chapman, British Birds 72: 437-438; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 96: 594).

3). 1993 Shetland Seafield, Lerwick, Mainland, adult, 22nd October to 9th November, trapped 24th October, photo.

(K. Osborn, Birding World 6: 437-438, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 87: 554; Shetland Bird Report 1993: photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 96: 595; BOURC (2000), Ibis 142: 177-179; Pennington et al., 2004; R. Riddington, British Birds 102: 622-626).

4). 2000 Dorset Portland BO, trapped, 1st July, photo.

(M. Cade, Birding World 13 (7): 274-276, photos; Birding World 13 (12): 493, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 489; Dorset Bird Report 2000: photo).

5). 2002 Norfolk Sheringham, 23rd August, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 606; R. Lee, Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 2003: 279-280, photo).

6). 2002 Orkney North Ronaldsay, trapped, 26th August, photo.

(J. S. Lees, P. A. Brown & M. Gray, Birding World 15 (9): 375-377, plates 1 & 2; Birding World 15 (12): 520, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 606; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 677).

7). 2002 Sussex Whitbread Hollow, Beachy Head, 31st August, photo.

(D. Cooper, J. Cooper & R. Fairbank, Birding World 15 (9): 378-380, plates 1-6; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 606, plates 310-312; Sussex Bird Report 2002: photo).

8). 2003 Orkney North Ronaldsay, 29th September to 1st October, trapped 29th September.

(Birding World 16 (9): 354, photo; Birding World 16 (11): 468, plate 1; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 606).

9). 2003 Shetland Baltasound, Unst, 4th to 8th October, trapped 5th October, photo.

(B. H. Thomason, M. Maher & M. G. Pennington, Birding World 16 (11): 466-469, plate 1; British Birds 96: plate 413; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 606; B. H. Thomason, M. Maher & M. G. Pennington, Shetland Bird Report 2003: 110-111, photo; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).

10). 2008 Shetland Sumburgh, Mainland, probably first-winter, 25th September, photo.

(Birding World 21 (9): 368, photos; British Birds 101: plate 347; Birding World 21 (12): 510, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 583, plates 382 & 383).

11). 2010 Northumberland Druridge Bay CP, first-winter, 15th to 16th August, photo.

(M. Kerby, Birding World 23 (8): 332, plates 1-5; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 603; Birds in Northumbria 2010: photo).

12). 2010 Shetland Burrafirth, Unst, first-winter, 16th to 17th August, photo.

(Birding World 23 (8): 322, photo, plates 6-8; British Birds 103: plate 385; British Birds 103: plate 385; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 603, plate 323).

13). 2010 Shetland Channerwick, Mainland, 2nd to 9th October, photo.

(Birding World 23 (10): 430, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 603).

14). 2010 Shetland Tresta, Fetlar, first-winter, 6th October, photo.

(Birding World 23 (10): 430, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 603).

15). 2012 Shetland Braidfit and Ham, Foula, adult, 23rd to 29th September, photo.

(British Birds 105: plate 405; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 615).

16). 2012 Isles of Scilly Old Grimsby, Tresco, 5th to 6th October, photo.

(Birding World 25 (10): 411, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 615, plate 361).

17). 2013 Fair Isle Lower Stoneybrek and Stackhoull, 26th to 30th September, photo.

(British Birds 106: plate 415; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 107: 625, plate 314).

18). 2018 Cornwall Porthgwarra, 1CY, 30th August, photo.

(British Birds 111: plate 430; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 599, plate 335).

19). 2021 Norfolk Blakeney Point, 1CY, 3rd September, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 591).