Cirl Bunting

Emberizidae: Buntings, New World Sparrows and allies

Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus (4, 13)

STATUS: Very rare. SRC.

1). 1857 No locality, obtained, November.

(J. Clark & F. R. Rodd, Zoologist 1906: 251).

2). 1859 No locality, obtained, December.

(J. Clark & F. R. Rodd, Zoologist 1906: 251).

3). 1905 St Mary's, obtained, 16th November.

(J. Clark & F. R. Rodd, Zoologist 1906: 251).

4). 1937 St Mary's, no date.

(Penhallurick, 1978).

5). 1977 Salakee, St Mary's, two, 14th November; Old Town, two, 27th November; Telegraph, female, 29th December; Borough Farm, four, 21st January 1997; twelve, 23rd January 1997.

(D. B. Hunt & H. P. K. Robinson, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1976: 32; D. B. Hunt & H. P. K. Robinson, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1977: 42).

17). 2018 Trenoweth, male, in song, 10th to 11th May.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2018: 142).