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Newsletter / Blog 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. |
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