Grey-headed Wagtail

Motacillidae: Wagtails, Pipits

Grey-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava thunbergi (1, 17)

STATUS: Very rare. SRC.

1). 1871 Tresco, obtained, no date.

(Tresco Abbey Records; Penhallurick, 1978).

2). 1959 St Agnes, male, 15th May.

(H. M. Quick, R. H. Blair & A. G. Parsons, Cornwall Bird Watching & Preservation Society Report 1959: 42).

3). 1971 Tresco, female, 7th October.

(A. G. Parsons & H. M. Quick, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1971: 17).

4). 1982 St Mary's, 7th May.

(D. B. Hunt & M. J. Rogers, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1982: 33).

5). 1984 St Mary's, male, 13th to 18th October.

(M. J. Rogers, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1984:35).

6). 1986 St Mary's, 4th May.

(M. J. Rogers, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1986: 37).

7). 1990 St Agnes, St Mary's and Bryher, 4th to 7th May.

(P. J. Robinson, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1990: 44).

8). 1990 St Agnes, 22nd May.

(P. J. Robinson, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1990: 44).

9). 1991 Bryher, 19th to 21st September.

(P. J. Robinson, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1991: 47).

10). 1994 Municipal Dump, St Mary's, 5th to 6th October, photo.

(P. J. Robinson, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1994: 40; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 105).

11). 1996 Great Pool, Tresco, 3rd to 4th July.

(P. J. Robinson, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1996: 39).

12). 1997 Cricket Pitch, St Martin's, pair, 16th May.

(P. J. Robinson, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1997: 42).

14). 1999 Simpson's Field, Tresco, 28th May.

(M. S. Scott, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1999: 71).

15). 2005 Telegraph, St Mary's, 21st September.

(P. Sterry, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2005: 112).

16). 2011 Great Pool, Tresco, 4th May.

(P. Sterry, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2011: 124).

17). 2016 Bryher, male, 9th May.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2016: 135).

18). 2017 Simpson's Field, Tresco, male, 30th April.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2017: 122).