Rock Thrush

Muscicapidae: Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis (0, 6)

STATUS: Extremely rare. BBRC.

1). 1968 Samson, male, 21st April.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 572).

2). 1979 Peninnis Head, St Mary's, female, 19th May, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 73: 520; R. W. Allen & D. B. Hunt, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1979: 51; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 113).

3). 1984 Peninnis and Giant's Castle, St Mary's, probably first-winter male, 16th to 18th October.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 572).

4). 1996 Shipman Head Down, Bryher, 28th September to 2nd October, photo.

(Birding World 9 (10): 383, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 90: 496; Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1997: photo; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 113).

5). 2017 Little Arthur Farm and Chapel Down, St Martin's, 3CY+ male, 9th to 15th April, photo.

(British Birds 110: plate 205; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 606; A. Boothroyd, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2017: 140-141, photo).

6). 2021 Airfield, St Mary's, 2CY+, female, 26th April, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 599).