Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) (0, 3)
Photo © Matthew K Naylor, Bishop Rock, Celtic Sea, 8th October 2023
STATUS
Tropical Oceans. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
Three summer records and one in the autumn.
BBRC RECORD
1.0). 2016 Sussex St Leonards-on-Sea, 2CY+ female, picked up, 4th September, taken into care, photo.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 569; G. Cohen British Birds 111: 42-46, plates 28-31; BOURC (2018), Ibis 160: 241).
2). 2023 Isles of Scilly Celtic Sea, short-range pelagic, 2 km S of Bishop Rock, 7th August; same, Bishop Rock Lighthouse, first-summer, pale-morph, 14th August to 15th September, photo; again, 8th and 11th and 22nd October, photo.
(British Birds 116: plate 319; BBRC - Web-WIP-11-3-24).
3.0). 2024 Dorset Portland Bill, 2CY, 24th June, photo; presumed same, Worbarrow Bay, 2CY, 24th June, photo.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 118: 525).
3.1). 2024 Devon Sidmouth, 1CY, 3rd July, photo; same as Dorset.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 574).
