Black Redstart   Phoenicurus ochruros

Scarce passage migrant

 

·         1948   Two, 31st May (V and V, cited in Pennington et al., 2004).

·         1973   One, 18th June.

·         1974   One, 2nd September.

·         1987   One, 23rd April.

·         1992   Female,  at homestead near Punds, 4th September.

·         1993   Female, West Bum, 30th September, moving to Bums the next day.

·         1996   Singles on the 7th, 13th, 17th – 24th & 29th with Two on the 27th; One, on the 1st and 8th May; One, on the 10th June; male, 23rd & 24th June. In autumn, One, 1st – 2nd October; One, 19th October and the last bird on the 5th November.

·         1997   Two, on the 8th April, One until the 16th. 4 singles were seen between 24th – 30th April, then singles on 8th and 14th May, Two, 18th May with One until the 20th. One bird was present from 30th May – 11th June.

·         2002   One, 4th – 9th November.

·         2003   Singles, 29th March, 1st April and 11th May.

·         2004   Single present on the 6th May and a male on the 20th.

·         2005   Female, Harrier, on 23rd – 24th April.

·         2006   Individuals on 27th April, 7th May and 19th May.

·         2008   One, on the 23rd September.