Rose-coloured Starling

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 are all from the late 1800s: 

1862 – shot at St Philips Marsh, Wheeler (1874) [Naylor] 

1871 – shot at Shockerwick near Batheaston on July 29th, 2000 ABR. This record was originally published in the Field magazine, vol. XXXVIII page 111 [Naylor]

1890 – shot near Clevedon in early September. This record was originally published in the Field magazine vol. LXXVI page 404 [Naylor]