Rare visitor
Single birds have been recorded at Skokholm on 6 September 1949, on 20 and 21 September 1961, on 24 August 1970, on 19 September 1971 and on 13 October 1980. Another single was at Skomer on 20 September 1985, and two were there from 7 to 9 September 1990. They are difficult to see in the dense cover which they favour. Frequent mist-netting of reedbeds might reveal that they occur more often.