Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839 (0, 10)
Photo © Phil Woollen - Sandwich Bay, Kent, 4 June 2022
STATUS
Southern Europe and northern Africa. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Arrival dates are mid-June to early October, mainly first-summers, but an adult has occurred.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1977 Lancashire & North Merseyside Formby Point, first-summer, 8th to 9th August.
("Liverpool Daily Post" 15th Aug., 1977; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 72: 517; A. Copleston & K. W. Horton, British Birds 73: 328-332; BOURC (1980), Ibis 122: 564).
2). 1981 Yorkshire Elm Tree Farm, Patrington, second-year, freshly dead, late October, photo, now in T. R. Greensides private collection.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 541; J. R. Mather, British Birds 79: 206-207, plates 113-114; J. E. Dale, Yorkshire Naturalists' Union Ornithological Report 1982: 24).
3). 1985 Outer Hebrides Bornish, South Uist, male, 14th June.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 459).
4). 1987 Norfolk Hickling Broad, first-summer, 6th July.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 468; P. Morris, Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 2000: 282-283).
5). 2003 Suffolk Reydon, adult, pale-morph, 3rd October.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 575; B. J. Small, Suffolk Birds 2003: 171-173).
6). 2008 Essex Maldon, first-summer, 13th September, photo.
(R. Neave, Birding World 21 (9): 387-388, plates 1-9; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 549, plate 361).
7). 2012 Cornwall Porthgwarra, first-summer, dark-morph, 11th August, photo.
(J. Irvine, Birding World 25 (8): 326-327, plate 1; British Birds 106: plate 293; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 586).
8). 2020 Norfolk Winterton, 2CY, 20th August, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 597).
P). 2021 Norfolk Gayton, dark morph, 6th September.
(birding information services).
9). 2022 Kent Worth Marshes, 3CY, female, pale-morph, 26th May, photo; same Stodmarsh NNR, 26th May; same, Worth Marshes, 27th May to 4th June, photo.
(British Birds 115: plate 297; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 577, plate 347).
10.0). 2022 Norfolk Horsey, 2CY, dark-morph, 26th August, photo; same, Hickling and Winterton Dunes, 29th August; same, Sea Palling, 31st August; same, Waxham, 1st and 5th September; also seen Yorkshire.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 577).
10.1). 2022 Yorkshire Hunmanby Gap, 2CY, dark-morph, 4th September; same as Norfolk.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 578).
P). 2023 Lothian Craigleith Island, North Berwick, dark-morph, 9th June.
(birding information services).
P). 2023 Norfolk Breydon Water, adult, pale-morph, 16th August.
(birding information services).
