BREEDS: s Europe, Asia, ne Africa, WINTERS: w&n Africa, s Asia
Habitat:
Open rocky areas, open woodland
Diet:
Mostly invertebrates, also lizards and plant meterial
TitBit:
The first record of this bird for Britain was only uncovered when a corpse was sent to BTO HQ having been found dead near a lighthouse. It was noted the specimen "arrived safely, but had begun decay"
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Argyll, 1985
(Hume, R.A. 1995. British Birds 88:130-132)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
5
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Argyll
(1985),
North-east England:
North-west England:
English Midlands:
Eastern England:
South-east England:
South-west England:
Cornwall
(2000),
Isles of Scilly
(1999),
These data should be cited as: Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)
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