Grasshopper Warbler   Locustella naevia

Scarce passage rnigrant

 

·         1967   One, 10th May.

·         1968   One, 29th – 30th April.

·         1993   One present on banks of Ham Bum, 25th - 29th September another Mill Loch bank, 29th September.

·         1995   One, 20th September.

·         1997   Bird found in a house on 10th May; singles 12th May; 2nd June. Some birds heard singing. In autumn, birds were present on the 24th August; 31st August; 2nd September and 6th September.

·         1999   One Bloburn, 23rd September.

·         2000   Maximum of 3 on the 23rd and 25th September; Two on the 27th, 30th September, 2nd – 4th October; singles on the 26th, 28th September and 1st October. Most seen around Harrier and West Burn. At least 8 individuals believed to be involved.

·         2003   One, 2nd May and one, 13th – 14th October.

·         2004   A single on the 28th May. In the autumn there were different singles on the 1st and 3rd, and 2 on the 8th, one remaining until the 17th.

·         2005   Singles on the 30th April and 2nd June.

·         2006   Singles on the 10th – 12th and 23rd – 24th September.

·         2008   One, on the 20th September.