RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 10th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Aquatic Warbler    2023:    W. Sussex: Beeding Brooks, juvenile.

Arctic Warbler    2017:    Kent: Sandwich Bay, 1st winter.

Barolo Shearwater    2024:    At sea: Sea Area FitzRoy, c.292km south-west of Bishop Rock.

Black Kite    2002:    Yorkshire: Whitestone Point, Whitby.

Black Stork    2002:    Kent: Dungeness.

Black-and-white Warbler    1980:    Pembrokeshire: Skomer.

Black-headed Bunting    1989:    Norfolk: Blakeney Point, female/ 1st winter male.

Black-winged Stilt    1997:    Essex: Rainham Marsh, 1st year.

Blue-winged Teal    2011:    Clyde: Bridgend Farm, male.

Bonaparte's Gull    2006:    Gloucestershire: Slimbridge, adult.

Booted Warbler    2016:    Shetland: Funzie, Fetlar, 1st winter.

Broad-billed Sandpiper    2010:    Cleveland: South Gare/ Seaton Snook, juvenile.

Caspian Tern    1959:    Norfolk: Hickling Broad.

Citrine Wagtail    2013:    Cornwall: Marazion Marsh, 1st winter.

Collared Flycatcher    2021:    Shetland: Shalstane, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Collared Flycatcher - Dan Gornall

Daurian Shrike    2010:    Hampshire: Forton Lake, Gosport, adult female.

Daurian Shrike - Andrew Jordan

Eskimo Curlew    1887:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco, adult.

Ferruginous Duck    1978:    Yorkshire: Potteric Carr, three.

Glossy Ibis    2009:    Suffolk: Boyton Marsh, three.

Great Snipe    2005:    Norfolk: Blakeney Point.

Greater Yellowlegs    2013:    Kent: Coldharbour Lagoon, Reculver, adult.

Greenish Warbler    2005:    County Durham: Seaham.

Hooded Warbler    1992:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda.

Hudsonian Godwit ●    1981:    Yorkshire: Blacktoft Sands, adult.

● UK first record: An adult spent 24 days at Blacktoft Sands, Yorkshire from September 10th until October 3rd 1981.

Hudsonian Godwit - An adult male at Cattawade, Suffolk in August 2026 - Sean Nixon

Isabelline Wheatear    2019:    Gwynedd: Bardsey, 1st winter.

King Eider    1997:    Northumberland: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea/ Lynemouth, male.

Lanceolated Warbler    2018:    Orkney: Sandar, North Ronaldsay, 1st winter.

Least Sandpiper    2017:    Dorset: Lodmoor, juvenile.

Lesser Grey Shrike    1989:    Suffolk: Lound GP, adult.

Lesser Yellowlegs    2016:    Western Isles: Gob Steinis, Lewis, adult.

Nutcracker    1968:    Berkshire: Windsor Great Park.

Paddyfield Warbler    2010:    Shetland: Quendale.

Pallid Harrier    2024:    Dorset: Chesil Cove/ Portland Bill, 2nd winter male.

Red-footed Falcon    1981:    Cornwall: Helston/ Church Cove, 2nd year.

Red-rumped Swallow    1995:    Cleveland: Long Drag Pool.

Red-throated Pipit    2005:    Yorkshire: Sammy's Point, Easington.

Roller    1927:    Argyll & Bute: Achaforse High Wood, Mull.

Rustic Bunting    1958:    Norfolk: Blakeney Point, female.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper    2023:    Angus: Montrose Basin, adult.

Short-toed Treecreeper    2015:    Kent: Dungeness.

Snowy Owl    1978:    Shetland: Uyeasound, Unst, female.

Solitary Sandpiper    1979:    Cornwall: Stithians Reservoir, juvenile.

Spotted Sandpiper    2023:    Glamorgan: Sully Island Causeway, 1st winter.

Swainson's Thrush    2024:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda, 1st winter.

Swainson's Thrush - Will Miles

Tawny Pipit    1981:    Dorset: Portland Bill.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2022:    Shetland: Quendale, 1st winter.

Whiskered Tern    1978:    Isle of Wight: near Seaview, adult.

White-winged Black Tern    2005:    Essex: East Tilbury, juvenile.

Wilson's Phalarope    1994:    Somerset: Steart, 1st winter.

Yellow-breasted Bunting    2002:    Shetland: Quendale, female/ juvenile male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull ●    2005:    Western Isles: Craigston, Barra, near-adult.

● UK first record: A near adult was present at Craigston, Barra, Western Isles on September 10th 2005.

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull from Newlyn, Cornwall in November 2024 - Andrew Jordan

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    2022:    Shetland: Toab.

Booted/ Sykes's Warbler    2002:    Cornwall: Land's End.

Cape Verde/ Madeiran/ Monteiro's Petrel    2024:    At sea: Sea Area FitzRoy, c.295km south-west of Bishop Rock.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2002:    Shetland: Lerness, Fair Isle, female/ 1st winter.

Fea's/ Zino’s/ Desertas Petrel    2024:    Cornwall: Navax Point, Godrevy.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    1995:    Orkney: Nether Stove, male.

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    2005:    Northumberland: Farne Islands, 1st winter female.

Every effort is made to use a photograph of the bird in question and the records listed above cover the period up to the end of 2024.