Magnolia Warbler

Setophaga magnolia (Wilson, A, 1811) (0, 2)

Photo © By Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren - Magnolia Warbler, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81080053

STATUS

North America. Monotypic.

OVERVIEW

Both individuals of this Nearctic vagrant arrived in September, one on one of the most southerly islands of Britain with the other on one of the most northerly islands of Britain.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). 1981 Isles of Scilly Barnaby Lane, St Agnes, 27th to 28th September.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 75: 529; S. D. Enright, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1981: 55-56; S. D. Enright, British Birds 88: 107-108; BOURC (1984), Ibis 126: 441).

2). 2012 Fair Isle Lerness, male, 23rd September, photo.

(Birding World 25 (9): 354, photo; J. Moss, Birding World 25 (9): 379, plates 1 & 2; British Birds 105: plate 409; J. Moss & W. T. S. Miles, Scottish Birds 32: 353-357, plates 307-311; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 635, plate 378).

P). 2023 Pembrokeshire St Govan’s Head, 20th to 26th September, photo.

(birding information services).

P). 2023 East Glamorgan Briton Ferry, 24th to 29th September, photo.

(birding information services).