Blackpoll Warbler

Parulidae: New World Warblers

Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata (0, 26)

STATUS: Rare. BBRC.

1). 1968 Barnaby Lane, St Agnes, 12th to 25th October.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 62: 486; P. J. Grant, British Birds 63: 153-157; F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 63: 291, corr.; BOURC (1971), Ibis 113: 144).

2). 1970 Troy Town, St Agnes, trapped, 20th to 26th October.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 64: 365).

3). 1975 Barnaby Lane, St Agnes, 19th to 20th October; same, 31st October to 1st November.

(J. N. Dymond and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 69: 355; M. A. Hollingworth, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1975: 34-35; G. J. Jobson, British Birds 71: 186-187).

4). 1976 Salakee, St Mary's, 4th to 13th October.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 440; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 525).

5). 1976 Holy Vale, St Mary's, 6th to 23rd October.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 440; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 525, corr.).

6). 1976 Cove Vean, St Agnes, 7th to 20th October.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 440).

7). 1976 Near Lighthouse, St Agnes, 8th to 12th October; presumed same, Santa Warna, St Agnes, 14th October.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 440; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 525).

8). 1976 St Martin's, 9th October.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 440).

9). 1976 Watermill Cove, St Mary's, a different individual, 14th October.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 440).

10). 1976 Great Pool, Tresco, 20th October; possibly same, 2nd to 3rd November.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 440).

11). 1977 Bryher, 29th October.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 71: 526).

12). 1982 Near Old Town Church, St Mary's, 17th October; same, Rocky Hill/Lower Moors area, 18th to 23rd October, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 525, plate 8; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 144).

13). 1983 Southward, Bryher, 22nd to 23rd October; same, Abbey Wood, Tresco, 25th October to 2nd November.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 77: 558; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 581, corr.).

14). 1984 St Agnes, 2nd to 16th October, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 581, plates 23-24).

15). 1984 Carn Friars, St Mary's, 25th October to 4th November.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 580).

16). 1987 Borough Farm, Tresco, 12th to 22nd October.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 590).

17). 1990 Bant's Carn, St Mary's, 22nd to 25th October, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 84: 500, plate 254; Birding World 9 (8): 316, photo; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 144).

18). 1995 Cove Vean, St Agnes, 27th to 31st October; same, Parsonage, St Agnes, 1st to 6th November, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 89: 525; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 144).

19). 1997 Abbey Wood, Tresco, 12th October to 1st November, photo.

(Birding World 10 (10): 375, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 513, plate 151; Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1997: photo).

20). 2005 Parsonage, St Agnes, first-winter, 27th to 30th September, photo; same, Lower Broome, Garrison, St Mary's, first-winter, 3rd October to 3rd November, photo.

(Birding World 18 (9): 367, photo; Birding World 18 (10): 413, photo; Birding World 18 (12): 514, photo; British Birds 98: plate 410; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 99, plate 37; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 145; British Birds 101: plate 236).

21). 2007 Garrison, St Mary's, first-winter, 9th to 20th October, photo.

(Birding World 20 (10): 415, photo; British Birds 101: plate 45; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 568, plate 293; Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2007: plate 23; British Birds 107: plate 33).

22). 2007 Higher Moors, St Mary's, first-winter, 10th to 23rd October, photo.

(Birding World 20 (10): 415, photo; Birding World 20 (12): 515, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 568; Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2007: plates 22 & 23).

23). 2008 Parsonage, St Agnes, 8th October; same, Cove Vean and Parsonage, 8th and 11th October; same, Barnaby Lane, 12th to 15th October, photo.

(D. Hudson, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2008: 98, plate 28; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 632).

24). 2012 Samson Hill and Green Bay, Bryher, 11th to 18th October, photo.

(Birding World 25 (10): 417, photo; British Birds 105: plate 431; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 636' P. A. Dukes, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2012: 146).

25). 2012 Content, St Mary's, 28th to 29th October, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 636).

26). 2015 St Warna's Cove, St Agnes, 1CY+, 23rd September, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 625, plate 350).