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2012-01-20 Record number of rare sightings in Wales.
The Welsh Records
Panel has confirmed a total of 136 rare sightings which include two
species never previously recorded here. The previous high was 109 birds in 2008.
The two are Iberian
Chiffchaff and Marmora’s Warbler.
Iberian Chiffchaff
The Iberian
Chiffchaff – Phylloscopus ibericus - is brighter, greener on the
rump, and yellower below than the Common Chiffchaff -Phylloscopus
collybita. The Iberian Chiffchaff
is found in Spain and
Portugal.
Marmora’s Warbler The Marmora's Warbler, Sylvia sarda, breed on islands
in the mediterranean, typically including Corsica
and Sadinia. They are rare vagrants to northern and western Europe. |