Blyth's Reed warbler - 2013

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 9:33PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in Blyth's Reed Warbler, MYP, Rarity

Acrocephalus dumetorum

Blyth’s Reed Warbler is a bird which breeds from  from Finland through to Siberia and winters in Asia.  It has only been recorded in Wales on two occasions, both birds were trapped.

The first Welsh record was of one trapped on Bardsey on 13^th October 2001

The second Welsh record, and the first for Pembrokeshire, was of a first winter bird  trapped on Skokholm, 27^th September 2013. (R D Brown, S Westerberg, T Westerberg).  

 

Blyth’s Reed Warbler Skokholm September 2013

 

MYP 28/09/2013

Article originally appeared on Birds in Pembrokeshire (http://pembsbirds.squarespace.com/).