RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 19th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift     1993:    Essex: Bradwell-on-Sea, adult.

American Pipit    2012:    Western Isles: Rubha Ardvule, South Uist.
Aquatic Warbler    1980:    Cornwall: Marazion Marsh, first-year.

Arctic Warbler    2013:    Orkney: Queenamidda, Rendall, Mainland, 1st winter.

Baillon's Crake    1850:    Kent: Cottington, Deal.

Baltimore Oriole    2013:    Shetland: Baltasound, Unst, 1st winter.

Blyth's Reed Warbler    2011:    Argyll & Bute: Balephuil, Tiree, 1st winter.

Bobolink ●    1962:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, 1st winter male.

● UK first record: A 1st winter male was present on St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly for two days on September 19th - 20th 1962.

Bobolink on St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly - October 2023 - Mark Leitch

Booted Warbler    2014:    Isles of Scilly: Peninnis Head, St Mary's, 1st winter.

Broad-billed Sandpiper    1956:    Berkshire: Ham Fields STW, Old Windsor.

Brown Shrike    2004:    Shetland: Skaw, Whalsay, adult male.

Citrine Wagtail    2009:    Shetland: Haroldswick, Unst, 1st winter.

Cliff Swallow    2023:    Kent: North Foreland, adult.

Cliff Swallow - Pierre Monteith

Collared Pratincole    1976:    Kent: Worth.

Cretzschmar's Bunting    2008:    Orkney: Sangar, North Ronaldsay, 1st winter male.

Cretzschmar's Bunting - Jason Atkinson

Glossy Ibis    2009:    Devon: Axe Estuary, Axmouth, six immatures.

Great Snipe    2005:    Norfolk: Holkham.

Greater Sand Plover    2008:    Lothian: Dunbar, 1st summer.

Greenish Warbler    2002:    Cumbria: Walney Island.

Kentish Plover    2020:    W. Sussex: Pilsey, juvenile.

Lanceolated Warbler    2023:    Shetland: Unst, 1st winter.

Laughing Gull    2013:    Orkney: Warsetter/ Bea Loch, Sanday, adult.

Lesser Grey Shrike    2016:    Devon: Plymouth, adult male.

Little Bittern    1981:    Warwickshire: Brandon Marsh, Coventry, juvenile.

Long-billed Dowitcher    2021:    Western Isles: Loch Bee, South Uist, juvenile.

Marsh Sandpiper    1998:    Suffolk: Landguard.

Nutcracker    1968:    Norfolk: Wells/ Holkham.

Pacific Golden Plover    1998:    Cumbria: Campfield Marsh, juvenile.

Paddyfield Warbler        2016:    Dorset: Withheld, 1st winter.

Pallid Harrier    2024:    Pembrokeshire: Skokholm, juvenile male.

Pechora Pipit    2001:    Shetland: Foula.

Penduline Tit    1992:    Yorkshire: Knaresborough, male.

Red-eyed Vireo    1998:    Gwynedd: Bardsey.

Red-flanked Bluetail ●    2014:    Shetland: Sumburgh Head, 1st winter female.

● UK first record: An adult male at North Cotes, Lincolnshire around September 19th 1903.

Red-flanked Bluetail from Gressenhall, Norfolk - February 2026 - Mike Edgecombe

Red-footed Falcon    1987:    Kent: St Margaret's, male.

Red-throated Pipit    2023:    Shetland: Quendale.

Ross's Goose    2010:    Lothian: Aberlady Bay, adult.

Rustic Bunting    1973:    Shetland: Fair Isle, female/ immature.

Short-toed Treecreeper    1993:    Kent: Dungeness, 1st winter.

Snowy Owl    2021:    Aberdeenshire: Ben Macdui/ Loch Etchachan, adult male.

Solitary Sandpiper    1983:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco, juvenile.

Spotted Sandpiper    2010:    Devon: Exminster, Exe Estuary, 1st winter.

Squacco Heron    1964:    Devon: Slapton Ley, 1st winter.

Tawny Pipit    1981:    Kent: Sandwich Bay.

Terek Sandpiper    1986:    Somerset: Royal Portbury Dock.

Thrush Nightingale    2009:    Lincolnshire: Gibraltar Point, 1st winter.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2017:    Borders: St Abb's Head, 1st winter.

Western Sandpiper    2012:    Cheshire: Hoylake, juvenile.

White-winged Black Tern    2000: Cleveland: South Gare, juvenile.

Wilson's Phalarope    2015:    E. Sussex: Pannel Valley, 1st winter.

Wilson's Phalarope - Robs Birding

Yellow-breasted Bunting    1992:    Norfolk: Holme, female/ juvenile male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Audubon's/ Barolo/ Boyd's Shearwater    1987:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head.

Black/ Red-headed Bunting    1992:    Gwynedd: Bardsey, female.

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    2015:    Isles of Scilly: Garrison, St Mary's.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2014:    Northumberland: The Lough, Holy Island, 1st winter male.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2010:    Shetland: Norwick, Unst.

Northern Treecreeper    2001:    Yorkshire: Spurn.

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    1995:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head, 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.