Eastern Bonelli's Warbler

Phylloscopidae: Leaf Warblers and allies

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis (0, 2)

STATUS: Extremely rare visitor. BBRC.

1). 1995 Whitley Bay Cemetery, 20th to 29th September, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 89: 520; A. Jack, Birds in Northumbria 1996: 130-131; Eds., British Birds 90: 70; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 90: 503; BOURC (1997), Ibis 139: 197-201; BOURC (1998), Ibis 140: 182).

2). 2014 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, male, in song, 3rd May, photo, sound recording.

(British Birds 107: plate 196; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 605; A. Tilmouth, Birds in Northumbria 2014: 17-19, photo).