Red-eyed Vireo

Vireos are residents of North America, so these individuals arriving here within a two-day span at sites on the east coast is quite astounding.

1). 1988 Holy Island: Village, 5th to 6th October. 

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 555; D. Short, Birds in Northumbria 1988: 95-96).

2). 2014 Low Newton, first-winter, 7th October, photo. 

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 598; G. Woodburn, Birds in Northumbria 2014: 14-16, photo).

3). 2021 Holy Island: Straight Lonnen, 1CY, 8th to 12th October, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 585; Birds in Northumbria 2021: photo).

4). 2022 Seaton Point, Boulmer, 1CY, 15th October, photo.

(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 579).