Rose-coloured Staling

A National rarity until 2002 and a local rarity since then. So far this century 18 individuals have been recorded as follows: 

2000, an adult male in gardens at Hanham from December 14th until 26th January, 2001 [BBRC] 

2002, three adults at Wain’s Hill on June 8th 

2003, two individuals – a juvenile at Keynsham from September 10th until 20th, and a juvenile at Weston STW from November 14th until 16th (ABR incorrectly only gives 15th and 16th )

2004, a juvenile at New Passage on September 2nd 

2012, a first-summer at Severn Beach on June 10th and 11th 

2014, two individuals – a juvenile at BG from September 20th until 26th and an adult at Bishopston from November 13th until December 5th 

2018, three individuals – an adult at Sand Bay on June 10th, a juvenile at Severn Beach on September 1st, and an immature on Lansdown on September 14th 

2020, three individuals – a first-summer in Whitchurch on June 16th, one in a Stokes Croft garden on June 17th, and a juvenile at Pilning from August 23rd until 26th 

2021, two individuals – an adult at OPS on June 4th, and an immature at Cl-Y on September 14th and 15th 

The only other records, four, are all from the late 1800s: 

1862 – obtained at St Philips Marsh Davis (1947), Wheeler (1874) 

1871 – Batheaston on July 29th [2000 ABR], Palmer and Ballance (1968) 

1890 – Clevedon in early September Palmer and Ballance (1968) 

1895 (2000 ABR incorrectly gives year as 1893 ) – Clevedon in September Charbonnier (1899) (The original source for both this record, and the 1890 record, are given as ‘Field’ without any volume or page details so it could be that that there was only one record and confusion over the year. So far I have failed to find an online archive of the Field magazine).