Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque, 1810) (0, 8)

Photo © By Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan - Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75877708

STATUS

Eurasia. Polytypic.

OVERVIEW

Formerly known as the Fan-tailed Warbler.

March, May, June, August and September are the arrival months, so no real pattern emerging. Apart from the first individual arriving in North Norfolk the rest have all occurred on the south coast.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). 1976 Norfolk Cley Marshes, 24th August; presumed same, Holme-next-the-Sea, 29th August to 5th September.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 435; J. N. Dymond, British Birds 71: 275-276; P. R. Clarke, British Birds 71: 276-277; C. Bradshaw, British Birds 96: 404; BOURC (2003), Ibis 145: 178-183).

2). 1977 Dorset Lodmoor, Weymouth, in song, 24th to 28th June.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 71: 518; M. Cade, British Birds 73: 37-38).

3). 2000 Dorset Portland Bill, 15th to 16th May, photo.

(P. Baker, Birding World 13 (5): 198-199, photos; Birding World 13 (12): 489, photo; British Birds 93: plate 186; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 488).

4). 2000 Dorset Hengistbury Head, in song, 20th to 30th May, photo.

(P. Baker, Birding World 13 (5): 198-199, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 96: 591).

5). 2006 Kent Bockhill Farm, St Margaret's, 25th August, photo.

(Birding World 19 (8): 315, photo; P. A. Fraser and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 735).

6). 2008 Kent Swalecliffe, 13th September, photo.

(Birding World 21 (9): 371, photo; British Birds 101: plate 342; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 577).

7). 2009 Kent Pegwell Bay, male, in song, 6th September to 16th December, photo.

(Birding World 22 (9): 364, photo; British Birds 102: plate 459; Birding World 22 (11): 449, photo; Birding World 22 (12): 504, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 616, plate 338).

8). 2010 Kent St Margaret's, male, in song, 28th March, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 606).