Glossy Ibis

Threskiornithidae: Ibises, Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus (13, 26)

STATUS: Rare. ex BBRC 2012; SRC.

1). 1854 Tresco, second-year, shot, 19th September.

(E. H. Rodd, Zoologist 1854: 4478; E. H. Rodd, Zoologist 1870: 2244; Harting, 1880; J. Clark & F. R. Rodd, Zoologist 1906: 302; Penhallurick, 1969; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007).

2). 1866 Tresco, immature, shot, 8th October.

(E. H. Rodd, Zoologist 1866: 524; E. H. Rodd, Field 20th Oct., 1866: 304; Harting, 1880; F. R. Rodd & J. Clark, Zoologist 1906: 302; Penhallurick, 1969; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007).

3). 1883 Tresco, seen, November.

(R. W. J. Smart, Transactions of the Penzance Natural History Society 1888: 173; J. Clark & F. R. Rodd, Zoologist 1906: 302; Penhallurick, 1969; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007).

4). 1902 Near Abbey, Tresco, two, one shot, 11th October.

(J. Clark & F. R. Rodd, Zoologist 1906: 302; H. F. Witherby & N. F. Ticehurst, British Birds 1: 350; Penhallurick, 1969; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007).

6). 1932 No locality, immature, obtained, October.

(G. C. Low, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 53: 78; Penhallurick, 1969; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007).

7). 1940 Tresco, seven, seen, 18th to 31st October.

(A. A. Dorrien-Smith, British Birds 34: 181; Penhallurick, 1969; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007).

14). 1978 Great Pool, Tresco, immature, 21st August to 17th September.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 72: 512).

15). 1994 Samson then Bryher, 23rd September; same, Tresco, 23rd to 27th September; same, St Mary's, 24th September, photo; same as Cornwall.

(Birding World 7 (9): 341, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 88: 500, plate 146; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 29).

16). 1996 Porth Hellick, St Mary's then near Great Pool, Tresco, first-year, intermittently, 16th May to 12th June, photo; also in Pembrokeshire.

(Birding World 9 (5): 167, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 90: 460; Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1996: photo; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 30).

17). 2011 Tresco Flats and Lower Moors and other sites, St Mary's, 27th December to at 5th January 2012, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 566; J. Higginson, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2011: 150; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 584).

18). 2012 Hugh Town, St Mary's, then Simpson's Field and Abbey Pool, Tresco, 27th April.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 584).

19). 2013 No localities, St Mary's and St Agnes, 30th September and 2nd October.

(P. Sterry, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2013: 66).

20). 2013 No locality, St Mary's, 7th to 11th December.

(P. Sterry, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2013: 66).

21). 2014 Simpson's Field, Tresco, 3rd May, photo.

(P. Sterry, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2014: 55).

22). 2015 Porth Hellick Down, St Mary's, 21st September; same, Great Pool and area, Tresco, 21st to 25th September, photo.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2015: 57).

23). 2017 Porth Hellick, St Mary's, 15th September.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2017: 52).

24). 2018 Samson, 27th December.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2018: 53).

25). 2019 Various localities, St Mary's, St Martin's, Tresco and St Agnes, nine, between 1st January and 24th May.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2019: 110).

34). 2020 Various locations, St Mary’s, St Agnes and Tresco, 21st October to 1st November, again, 12th November.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2020: 92, photo).

35). 2021 St Martin's, Tresco and Porth Hellick, St Mary's, 22nd to 25th August when picked up moribund, died next day.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2021: 89).

36). 2021 St Mary's, St Martin's then Great Pool, Tresco, two, 13th September.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2021: 89).

38). 2021 St Martin's and Bryher, 27th to 28th September; same, Porth Hellick/Lower Moors area, St Mary's, 29th September to 2nd October, photo.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2021: 89).

39). 2021 Bryher, St Martin's and St Mary's then Tresco, 29th October to 28th April 2022.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2021: 89; C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2022: 89, photo).

40). 2023 Various locations, St Mary's, 26th September to 5th November, photo.

(C. Cillia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2023: 95, photo).

41). 2023 St Agnes, 13th to 15th October; same, St Mary's, 15th October.

(C. Cillia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2023: 95).