Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Motacillidae: Wagtails, Pipits

Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis (0, 5)

STATUS: Extremely rare. BBRC.

1). 2016 Standing Stones field, St Mary's, 1CY, 13th to 17th October, photo, sound recording.

(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 620).

2). 2018 Great Pool and Borough Farm, Tresco, 1CY, 10th to 14th October, photo, sound recording.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 611, plate 346).

3). 2018 Riding Stables and Airfield, St Mary's, 1CY, 14th to 18th October, photo, sound recording.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 611).

4). 2018 Pelistry, Kittydown and other sites, St Mary's, 1CY, 14th November to 3rd February 2019, photo, sound recording; presumed same, Lower Moors, St Mary's, 17th April 2019, photo, sound recording.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 639).

5). 2023 Longstone and Parting Carn and Tremelthen, St Mary's, 1CY, 3rd to 11th December, photo, sound recording.

(Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2023: photo; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 721).