Southern Sightings

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Winter is generally a quiet time for rarities and the number of records at this time of year is invariably
much reduced. This year, however, even a quiet time produced top-class birds that got twitchers’
adrenalin flowing. As always, none of the records included here have been adjudicated by any of the
subregion’s Rarities Committees.

Sightings in the subregion

“In general, late autumn to midwinter is one of the quieter times for rarities and this year it was exacerbated by the Covid-19 lockdown. Fortunately, later in the review period some of the restrictions were relaxed slightly and people could move a bit further afield and also more often, giving the opportunity for a few good birds to be found and reported.”