Occurs in Nottinghamshire and most of the UK only as a very rare
migrant.
There is a resident population restricted to parts of central Scotland,
but migrants have reached inland several times and until 2023, there was
just a single Nottinghamshire record dating to the early 1960's.
But June 2023, saw a number of records from eastern counties including
Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire, along with a number of Nottinghamshire
records between June 16th and 21st. These included singles at Broadholme
(Gray, M.), Elkesley
(Coombes, P.),
Budby Pumping Station
(Morton, D. and Ashley, A.)
and Sherwood Forest Centre Parcs
(Hill, M.).
Grateful thanks go to Paul Coombes and to Dave Morton for
providing specimens for photographing and inclusion on this website. |
