Records:
Finland (4)
31-10-1981: Lågskär / Lemland / Åland / 1cy
22>25-05-2005: Lågskär / Lemland / Åland / 2cy
09>10-06-2005: Uusikaupunki / Hanko / 2cy
20>22-05-2006: Dragsfjärd / Björkboda / 2cy
Sweden (12)
04-06-1985: Krönoren / Nordmaling / Ångermanland / 1cy
30>08/06-09-1995: Aurriv / Hamra / Gotland / 1cy
06>18-10-1998: Munkfors / Värmland / 1cy
31-10/01-11-1998: Ramsvikslandet / Bohuslän / 1cy
15-11-1998: Skullersta / Nora / Ångermanland / 1cy
27>28-04-2000: Kiladalen / Nyköping / Södermanland / 2cy
19-09-2004: Fällsvikshamn / Nordringå / Ångermanland / 1cy
29>30-09-2004: Hartsö-Enskar / Södermanland / 1cy / trapped and ringed
20-05-2007: Lövstaviken / Falkenberg / Halland
27>29-10-2009: Vivesholm / Gotland / 1cy
11-07/17-08-2011: Ottenby / Schäferiängarna / Öland / 2cy / trapped and ringed
29-10/5-11-2011: Nyudden / Nyen / Gotland / 1cy
Norway (7)
05-09-1953: Utsira / Rogaland / collected
16>25-10-1976: Utsira / Rogaland / trapped and ringed
29-10/06-11-1987: Jomfruland / Kragerø / Telemark / 1cy
05>14-11-2005: Steinsviga /Farsund /Vest-Agder / 1cy
21>22-11-2005: Ree / Bryne / Rogaland / 1cy
19>28-10-2008: Tarevika / Karmøy / Rogaland / 1cy
13>27-10-2009: Lista Fyr / Farsund / Vest-Agder / 1cy / trapped and ringed
Denmark (6)
22>23-10-1995: Fakkemose / Langeland / Fyn / Sydenmark / 1cy
24-11-1995: Veljby Kit / Ringkobing / Midtjylland / adult
19>26-11-1997: Buttervej / Skagen / Nordjylland / 1cy
06>14-10-2000: Hasle Havn / Bornholm / 1cy
11-10-2002: Gilbjerg Hoved / Sjælland
26-10-2003: Nakkehoved / Gilleleje / Sjæland
UK (25)
21-09-1956: Haa / Fair Isle / Shetland / Scotland / 1cy / trapped and ringed
17>18-10-1964: Fair Isle / Shetland / Scotland / 1cy / trapped and ringed
06-12-1986: Landguard NR / Suffolk / England / 1 cy / trapped and ringed
31-10/1-11-1989: Bishop Monkton / North Yokshire / England / probable 1cy
01-11-1989: Portland Bill / Dorset / England / 1cy
21>24-04-1992: Cape Cornwall and Kenidjack Valley / England
04>07-10-1992: Easton Bavents, Southwold / Suffolk / England / 1cy
23>28-09-1993: Pack Bill, Wanborough, Swindon / Wiltshire / England / 1cy / hit by car and taken into car and released at Swindon Sewage works on 24-09
14-09 /16-10-1994: North Ronaldsay / Orkney / Scotland / 1cy male / trapped and ringed
26>30-10-1994: Oxenham Farm, Great Wakering / Essex / England / 1cy
02-11-1994: South Walney / Cumbria / England / 1cy
07>10-11-1994: Boddam / Mainland / Shetland / Scotland / 1cy
11>26-11-1996: Papa Westray / Orkney / Scotland / 1cy
18-11/4-12-1996: Holland-on-Sea / Essex / England / 1cy
03>04-11-1997: Long Buckby / Northamptonshire / England / 1cy
22-09-2000: Windwick / South Ronaldsay / Orkney / Scotland / 1cy
17-06/12-07–2003: Ballaghennie Ayres / Isle of Man / England / 2cy male
06>07-11-2004: Ash / Kent / England / 1cy
07>26-11-2008: Grainthorpe Haven / Lincolnshire / England / 1cy
25>27-09-2009: St Martin’s and St Mary’s / Isles of Scilly / England / 1cy
04>08-10-2009: Lound GP / Nottinghamshire / England / 1cy
14-10-2010: Loch of Strathbeg / Aberdeenshire / Scotland / 1cy
30-10/9-11-2011: Wall Farm / Shropshire / England / 1cy
05>07-10-2014: Burnham Norton / Norfolk / England / 1cy
14>27-10-2017: Vaivoe / Whalsay / Shetland / Scotland / 1cy
The Netherlands (5)
04-09/22-09-1994: De Cocksdorp / Texel / Noord Holland / 1cy
27-10/09-11-2012: Hoornder Nieuwland / Texel / Noord Holland / 1cy
29-04/03-05-2014: Maasvlakte / Zuid Holland / 2cy
12-09-2014: Heinkenszand / Borsele / Zeeland / 1cy
16>26-10-2014: Fort Erfprins / Den Helder / Noord Holland / 1cy
Italy (4)
09-1968: Ciaramonte Gulfi / Ragusa / Sicily / collected
15-12-2000/14-03-2001: Saline di Priolo / Siracusa / Sicily
21>22-11-2008: Viareggio / Lucca / Tuscany / 1cy
01-12-2013: Fano / Pesano e Urbino / 1cy
Bulgaria (1)
17>19-09-2014: Durankulak Lake / 1cy
Estonia (1)
15-05-2010: Ristna / Hiidenmaa / Viro / 2cy
Austria (1)
01-11-2002: Laaer Becken / Wildenduurnbach / Niederosösterreich
Greece (2)
17>24-09-2008: Vatera / Lesvos / 1cy
24-11-2009: Kreta / 1cy
France (2)
30-09-2007: Ile d’Yeu / Vendée / 1cy
06>08-10-2009: Salins de Villeneuve-lès-Magnelone / Hérault / 1cy
Spain (2)
29-11/04-12 2016: Andarax river mouth / Almería city / Andalucia / 1cy
16-01/29-01 2017: Canal del Guadaíra / Coria del Río / Sevilla / 1cy
28-02/02-03 2018: Serra de Daró, Baix Empordà / Gerona / 1cy
Cyprus (13 records)
20-11/04-12-1998: Spiros Pools, Larnaca
22-11/02-12-1999: Spiros Pools, Larnaca
07>31-12-2000: Paphos Mainland / 03/24-03-2001: Paphos Lighthouse / adult
09-04-2005: Sotira Pools / Paralimni Lake
13-04-2009: Cape Andreas
09-11-2010/19-03-2011: Mandria Beach / Paphos / 1cy
26-11-2010: Akrotiri Gravel Pits
17-11-2011: Paphos / 26-11-2011: Mandria
16-02-2014: Kiti-Pervolia
21-04-2014: Agios Philones
15-11-2016: Akrotiri
09-03-2017: Cape Greco
24-09-2017: Armou Hills, Paphos
Before 1998 taxa was not registered
Turkey (2)
04-11-2010: Rize Harbour / 1cy
08>11-09-2010: Yomra / Trabzon
Publications:
Stavanger Museum Sterna . Stepptörnskatan, Lanius excubitor pallidirostris Cass., och andra observationer från Utsira 1953, Edberg, R., Aktietrykkeriet I Stanvanger No. 13, 1954 (05-09-1953: Utsira / Rogaland / collected)
Individual Lanius excubitor excubitor with some looks of a Steppe Grey Shrike Lanius lahtora pallidirostris in Europe:
Pori / Finland / 30-08-2008:
Photograph © Juha Niemi
References:
Clement, P. & Worfolk, T / Southern and Eastern Great Grey Shrikes in northwest Europe / Birding World / 8(8) / 300-309 / 1995
Ebbels, E.B / Steppeklapekster op Texel in oktober-november 2012 en voorkomen in Europa (Steppe Grey Shrike on Texel in October-November 2012) / Dutch Birding / 35 (4 ) / 219-228 / 2013
UK400 club / Rare Birds / Volume 3 number 1 / January 1997
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