Spanish Sparrow
Passer hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820) (0, 10)
Photo © Kris Webb
STATUS
Iberian Peninsular to western Turkey, eastern Atlantic islands and north-west Africa. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
Two spring arrivals, three during summer, four in the autumn and one in winter (December). The longest stayers were the 1996 individual who stayed for 884 days and the 2011 individual for 112 days. All were considered males.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1966 Devon Lundy, adult male, 9th to 12th June.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 60: 333; C. S. Waller, British Birds 74: 109-110; BOURC (1971), Ibis 113: 144; Davis & Jones, 2007).
2). 1972 Isles of Scilly Old Town, St Mary's, male, 21st October.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 66: 355; R. H. Charlwood, British Birds 74: 150).
3). 1977 Isles of Scilly Bryher, male, 22nd to 24th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 71: 524; P. G. Lansdown, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1977: 53-54; D. J. Britton, British Birds 74: 150-151).
4). 1993 Pembrokeshire Martin's Haven, male, 18th May.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 87: 561).
5). 1993 Orkney North Ronaldsay, male, 11th to 19th August, trapped 11th August, photo.
(A. E. Duncan, S. D. Stansfield & J. Reid, Birding World 6 (8): 309-311, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 87: 561, plate 162; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).
6). 1996 Cumbria Waterside, male, 13th July to 13th December 1998, photo.
(R. Bottomley, Birding World 9 (7): 265-267, photos; Birding World 9 (12): 483, photo; Birding World 10 (1): 7, photo; Birding World 10 (7): 248, photo; Birding World 10 (12): 479, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 90: 505, plate 191; Birding World 11 (7): 250, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 512; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 602).
7). 2000 Cornwall Cawsand, male, 12th November.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 497).
8). 2011 Hampshire Calshot, male, 3rd December to 23rd March 2012, photo.
(Birding World 25 (1): 2, photo; K. Betton, Birding World 25 (1): 17-18, plates 1-3; British Birds 105: plates 101 & 138; Birding World 25 (3): 96, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 610, plate 359; Birding World 25 (12): 517, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 623, plate 359).
9). 2012 Suffolk Landguard, male, 24th August to 14th September, photo.
(Birding World 25 (8): 319, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 623, plate 368; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 107: 638).
10). 2012 Isle of Wight Newchurch, male, 4th to 6th November, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 623).
