Arctic Redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni

Local status: Very rare winter visitor

Both the 2017 and the 2019 birds were considered to be Coues’s Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni exilipes.

Records:
2019: Allerthorpe Common, 3rd to 9th January 2019, One

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Coue's Arctic Redpoll Allerthorpe Common January 2019 © Tim Jones
Coue’s Arctic Redpoll Allerthorpe Common January 2019 © Tim Jones

2017: Hagg Wood, Dunnington, 25th & 26th February 2017, One

Coue’s Arctic Redpoll at Hagg Wood, Dunnington ©Duncan Bye


1985: Heslington, 28th to 30th January 1985.