Thursday, 17 September 2026

RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 18th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift    1976:    Yorkshire: Scarborough.
American Pipit    2011:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda.
Aquatic Warbler    1982:    E. Sussex: near St Leonards-on-Sea, 1st year.
Arctic Warbler    2009:    Shetland: Marrister, Whalsay.

Baird's Sandpiper    2021:    Western Isles: Stoneybridge, South Uist, juvenile.
Barolo Shearwater    2000:    Pembrokeshire: Strumble Head.
Black Stork    2015:    Surrey: Staines Moor, juvenile.
Black-billed Cuckoo    2017:    Shetland: Dale of Walls, 1st winter.

Black-billed Cuckoo - Roger Riddington

Black-browed Albatross    2022:    Devon: Prawle Point, adult.
Blackpoll Warbler    1976:    Devon: Prawle Point.
Black-winged Stilt    1982:    Kent: Yantlet.
Blue-winged Teal    2020:    Western Isles: Rubha Ardvule, South Uist, female.
Bobolink    1975:    Shetland: Out Skerries.
Booted Warbler    2006:    Shetland: Funzie, Fetlar.
Brown Shrike    2020:    Norfolk: Warham Greens, 1st winter.

Brown Shrike - Gary Thoburn

Citrine Wagtail    2003:    Shetland: Loch of Spiggie, juvenile/ 1st winter.

Ferruginous Duck    2023:    Berkshire: Horton GP, 1st winter.

Glossy Ibis    2010:    Dorset: Stanpit Marsh, immature.
Great Reed Warbler    2019:    Dorset: Portland Bill, 1st winter.
Great Snipe    2011:    Shetland: Da Water, Fair Isle.
Greenish Warbler    1995:    Cleveland: Hartlepool.

King Eider    2013:    Moray: Burghead, adult male.

Lanceolated Warbler    2023:    Shetland: Quoy, Fair Isle, 1st winter.
Least Sandpiper    1983:    Cambridgeshire: Grafham Water, juvenile.
Lesser Yellowlegs    2018:    Cornwall: Devoran, juvenile.
Little Bittern    1932:    Norfolk: Breydon Marshes.

Nutcracker    1968:    Suffolk: Dunwich.

Olive-backed Pipit    2006:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Pacific Golden Plover    2002:    County Durham: Whitburn, adult.
Paddyfield Warbler    1994:    Cleveland: Marske, 1st winter.
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    2023:    Shetland: Isle of Noss.
Pallas's Sandgrouse     1863:    Suffolk: Alderton, One.
Pallid Harrier    2023:    Hampshire: Martin Down, juvenile male.
Pechora Pipit    2011:    Shetland: Burns/ Ham, Foula.
Penduline Tit    1991:    Bedfordshire: Priory CP, Bedford, adult.
Pied Wheatear    1992:    Fife: Fife Ness, female.

Red-flanked Bluetail    2016:    Norfolk: East Hills, Wells-next-the-Sea.

Red-flanked Bluetail - Penny Clarke

Red-footed Falcon    1974:    Dorset: Wick Hams, Christchurch, immature male.
Red-throated Pipit    2021:    Kent: Worth Marshes.
Roller    1957:    Shetland: Mid Yell.
Rustic Bunting    1996:    Fife: Isle of May, 1st winter male.

Semipalmated Sandpiper    2023:    Western Isles: Stinky Bay, Benbecula, juvenile.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper    1982:    Lincolnshire: North Killingholme.
Siberian Stonechat    2024:    Shetland: Field, Fair Isle, 1st winter female.
Siberian Thrush    1994:    Norfolk: Burnham Overy, 1st winter male.
Sociable Lapwing    1988:    Northamptonshire: Pitsford Reservoir, adult.
Spotted Sandpiper    2022:    Western Isles: St Kilda.
Squacco Heron    2023:    Cornwall: Polgigga, 1st winter.

Tawny Pipit    2024:    Dorset: Abbotsbury Beach, 1st winter.
Thrush Nightingale    2016:    Northumberland: Holy Island, 1st winter.
Two-barred Crossbill    1966:    Hertfordshire: Bramfield Forest, male.

Upland Sandpiper    1998:    Cornwall: Caerbran Farm, Sancreed.

Western Black-eared Wheatear     1892:    Yorkshire: Spurn, male.

UK first record: A male was discovered at Spurn, Yorkshire on September 18th 1892.

Western Black-eared Wheatear - Jon Hall

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2020:    Shetland: Bruray, Out Skerries, 1st winter.
Whiskered Tern    2010:    Cheshire: Inner Marsh Farm, juvenile.
Wilson's Phalarope    1987:    W. Sussex: Sidlesham Ferry, juvenile/ 1st winter.

Yellow-breasted Bunting    1994:    Shetland: Fair Isle, female/ juvenile male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2006:    Shetland: Hamister, Whalsay, female/ 1st winter.

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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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