Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Eight sightings of the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater have been recorded. All individuals were adults, and all but one occurred in mid-summer.
- St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, 13 July 1921 (this bird was killed and the specimen is in the Isles of Scilly Museum)
- St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, 22 June 1951
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, 17 September 1982
- The Otter valley, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, from 30 June to 2 July 1987
- Kennack Sands and Cadgwith, The Lizard, Cornwall, 1 June 1989
- Cowden, East Yorkshire, from 8 to 10 July 1989 (also seen at Leverton Marsh, Lincolnshire on 12 July
- Church Hougham, Kent on 18 July 1989
- Bressay, Asta, Tingwall valley and Lerwick, Shetland from 20 June to 3 July 1997
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