Chimney Swift

Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758) (0, 20)

Photo © Andrew C, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

STATUS

North America. Monotypic.

OVERVIEW

Half of the twenty records were found in the south-west of England. Amazingly, the east coast has been visited five times, twice in Scotland and Yorkshire, once Northumberland with a further three records further up the west coast: Cheshire, Anglesey (only Welsh record) and Outer Hebrides.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). 1982 Cornwall Porthgwarra, 21st to 27th October, two, 23rd to 25th October, one photo.

(British Birds 76: plates 6 & 7; Birds in Cornwall 1982: photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 563; L. P. Williams, British Birds 79: 423-426, plates 226-230; BOURC (1986), Ibis 128: 601; BOURC (1992), Ibis 134: 213).

3). 1983 Borders Coldingham, 5th November.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 93: 541).

4). 1986 Isles of Scilly Lower Moors, St Mary's, 4th to 6th November; same, Higher Town, St Martin's, 7th to 9th November, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 80: 548; BOURC (1992), Ibis 134: 213; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 92).

5). 1987 Cornwall Near Truro, 18th October, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 569, plates 289-292; BOURC (1992), Ibis 134: 213).

6). 1991 Fife St Andrews, 8th to 10th November, photo.

(Birding World 4 (11): 380, photo; A. Murray, Birding World 4 (11): 400, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 497, plates 180 & 181; J. A. Graves, Fife Bird Report 1991: 66-67; R. W. Byrne & J. A. Graves, Scottish Birds 16: 216-218, plates 6, 7, 12; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).

7). 1999 Cornwall Rame Head, 22nd to 23rd October, photo.

(Birding World 12 (10): 389, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 482).

8). 1999 Devon Axmouth, 22nd October.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 93: 345, 541; A. J. Bundy, Devon Bird Report 1999: 171).

9). 1999 Isles of Scilly Kitty Down, St Mary's, 22nd and 25th October, photo.

(Birding World 12 (10): 389, photos; Birding World 12 (12): 490, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 93: 345, 541, plates 322 & 323; Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1999: photo; British Birds 101: plate 231).

10). 1999 Cornwall Penzance and Newlyn area, 23rd to 24th October; another, 24th October; same two, Drift Reservoir, 24th October, photo.

(Birding World 12 (10): 389, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 482; Birds in Cornwall 1999: photo).

12). 2000 Yorkshire Spurn: Clubley's Field, 6th August.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 482).

13). 2001 Isles of Scilly Hugh Town, St Mary's, 28th October, video, photo; same, St Martin's, 29th October.

(Birding World 14 (12): 501, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 502; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 92).

14). 2005 Isles of Scilly Trenoweth, St Mary's, 30th to 31st October, photo; same, Parsonage/Browarth area, St Agnes, 2nd November.

(Birding World 18 (10): 413, photo; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 57; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 92).

15). 2005 Anglesey Penmon, 2nd November.

(P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 57).

16). 2005 Northumberland Holy Island, 2nd November, photo.

(P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 57; M. P. Frankis, Birds in Northumbria 2005: 215-216, photo).

17). 2005 Yorkshire Spurn Point, 4th November.

(P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 57).

18). 2005 Cheshire & Wirral Woolston Eyes, 5th November.

(P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 57; D. Riley, Cheshire & Wirral Bird Report 2005: 118-119).

19). 2005 Devon Berry Head, 5th November.

(P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 57).

20). 2014 Outer Hebrides Butt of Lewis, Lewis, 23rd to 25th October, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 597).