Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Phylloscopus orientalis (Brehm, CL, 1855) (0, 8)
Photo © By Telegro - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71425754
STATUS
South-east Europe to western Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Bonelli’s Warbler was split in 1997 to form two species: Western and Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler. Call is the best feature to separate the two.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1987 Isles of Scilly Salakee, St Mary's, 30th September; presumed same, first-winter, 8th to 10th October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 585; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 509; T. J. Wilson & C. Fentiman, British Birds 92: 519-523; BOURC (1997), Ibis 139: 200; BOURC (1998), Ibis 140: 182).
2). 1995 Northumberland 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).
3). 1998 Shetland Sumburgh Hotel, Mainland, 27th to 28th August, trapped both days; same, Grutness, 29th August to 5th September, photo.
(Birding World 11 (8): 282, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 276, 599, plates 193-198; Birding Scotland 1: 154-159; P. V. Harvey, Shetland Bird Report 1998: 94, photo; Birding Scotland 2 (2): plate 39; Pennington et al., 2004; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photos).
4). 2004 Devon Lundy, 26th April, photo.
(Birding World 17 (5): 191, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 681; Devon Bird Report 2004: photo).
5). 2009 Dorset Portland: Avalanche Road, Southwell, 1st May, photo, sound recording.
(Birding World 22 (5): 191, photo; Birding World 22 (12): 501, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 611, plate 335; Dorset Bird Report 2009: photo).
6). 2014 Northumberland 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).
7). 2014 Shetland Scalloway, Mainland, 10th to 13th October, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 605, plate 353).
8). 2016 Isle of Man Calf of Man, 2CY+, trapped, 5th to 6th May, photo, sound recording, DNA analysis.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 601).
P). 2025 Shetland Skaw, Whalsay, 19th to 26th April, photo.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Outer Hebrides Northbay, Barra, male, 15th May.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Kent Dungeness, male, trapped, 25th May, photo.
(birding information services).
