Friday, 11 September 2026

RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 12th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

American Bittern    1962:    Gwynedd: Bardsey.
Aquatic Warbler    1981:     W. Sussex: Chichester Harbour.
Arctic Warbler    2018:    Shetland: Cunningsburgh.

Black Kite    2004:    Dorset: Stanpit Marsh.
Blackburnian Warbler    2009:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda, 1st winter male.
Black-headed Bunting    1982:    Shetland: Fair Isle, female.
Bonaparte's Gull    2004:    Caithness: Castlehill/ Thurso, adult.
Booted Warbler    2021:    Western Isles: Earsary, Barra, 1st winter.

Citrine Wagtail    2014:    Shetland: Grutness, 1st winter.
Collared Pratincole    1945:    Devon: Morte Point.
Common Nighthawk    1998:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, female/ 1st winter.

Ferruginous Duck    2024:    Lincolnshire: Molecey Mill Pit, West Deeping, adult male.

Glossy Ibis    2010:    Devon: Aveton Gifford.
Great Snipe    2012:    Cambridgeshire: Nene Washes.
Great Spotted Cuckoo    1979:    Cornwall: St Just Airfield, juvenile/ 1st year.
Greater Sand Plover    2008:    Aberdeenshire: Ythan Estuary, 1st summer.

Greater Sand Plover - Andy Robinson

Greater Yellowlegs    2011:    Cornwall: Treraven Meadows, adult.
Greenish Warbler    2005:    Norfolk: Stiffkey.
Gull-billed Tern    1862:    Kent: Romney Marsh.

Hawk Owl    1983:    Shetland: near Lerwick.
Hudsonian Whimbrel    2009:    Western Isles: Bornish, South Uist, juvenile.

King Eider    2021:    Shetland: Wadbister Voe, 2nd winter male.

Lanceolated Warbler    2008:    Shetland: Sumburgh Head.
Laughing Gull     1988:    Glamorgan: Newton Point, 1st winter.
Lesser Grey Shrike    2000:    Shetland: Cat Firth, 1st winter.
Lesser Yellowlegs    2017:    Cornwall: Devoran, juvenile.
Little Bustard    1878:    Norfolk: Caistor-on-Sea, adult female.
Long-billed Dowitcher    2009:    Western Isles: Howmore, South Uist, juvenile.

Nutcracker    1976:    Lincolnshire: Donna Nook.

Pacific Golden Plover    2023:    Derbyshire: Ogston Reservoir.

Pacific Golden Plover - John Turner

Pallid Harrier    2022:    Pembrokeshire: Skokholm, juvenile.

Red-eyed Vireo    2012:    Shetland: Norwick, Unst, 1st winter.
Red-footed Falcon    1968:    Yorkshire: Spurn, immature.
Red-rumped Swallow    2003:    Devon: Lundy.
Red-throated Pipit    1995:    Shetland: Hametoun Burn, Foula.
Roller    2010:    Yorkshire: Easington, juvenile.
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin    1951:    Kent: The Wicks, Dungeness.
Rustic Bunting    1989:    Yorkshire: Filey Brigg, 1st winter.

Snowy Owl    1973:    Shetland: North Roe.
Solitary Sandpiper    1975:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco.
Sora    2020:    Devon: Lundy, juvenile.

Tawny Pipit    1981:    E. Sussex: Pett Level.
Thrush Nightingale    2002:    Norfolk: Weybourne.
Two-barred Crossbill    1930:    Shetland: Fair Isle, three.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2019:    Western Isles: Balnabadoch, Barra, 1st winter.

Western Bonelli's Warbler - Stephen Duffield

White-winged Black Tern    1999:    Lincolnshire: North Cotes Point, juvenile.
Wilson's Phalarope    1988:    Warwickshire: Draycote Water, 1st winter.

Yellow-breasted Bunting    2008:    Shetland: Aith, Fetlar.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Audubon's/ Barolo/ Boyd's Shearwater    1997:    Pembrokeshire: Strumble Head.

Dowitcher Ssp    1978:    Yorkshire: Potteric Carr.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    1995:    Shetland: Aith, Cunnisburgh, female/ 1st winter.

Fea's/ Zino's/ Desertas Petrel    2024:    Orkney: Dennis Head, North Ronaldsay.

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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.


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