Eastern Crowned Warbler in Co. Durham: new to Britain

摘要

Britain's first Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus was discovered at Trow Quarry, South Shields, Co. Durham, on 22nd October 2009, where it remained until 24th October. The South Shields bird followed others in Norway, Finland and the Netherlands between 2002 and 2007, plus one on Helgoland, Germany, in 1843. This paper describes its discovery, and discusses the species' distribution and previous European records.