RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 20th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alder Flycatcher    2023:    Pembrokeshire: Skokholm, 1st winter male.

Alpine Swift    1993:    Kent: Cheriton.

American Pipit    2024:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda.

Aquatic Warbler    1981:    Dorset: Lodmoor, Weymouth.

Arctic Warbler    2016:    Kent: Stoneless, Pegwell Bay.

Baird's Sandpiper    2023:    Cheshire: Hoylake, juvenile.

Baltimore Oriole    2011:    Isles of Scilly: The Garrison, St Mary's, 1st winter.

Black Stork    1988:    Cornwall: Wendron, near Helston, adult.

Black-browed Albatross    1978:    Isles of Scilly: 8 km NE of St Mary's, adult.

Black-winged Stilt    1958:    E. Sussex: Camber/ Rye/ East Guldeford, two.

Blyth's Reed Warbler    2013:    Shetland: Quendale, 1st winter.

Brown Shrike    2013:    Hampshire: Hook-with-Warsash, 1st winter.

Chestnut-sided Warbler ●    1985:    Shetland: Fetlar, 1st year.

● UK first Record: A 1st year was discovered on Fetlar, Shetland on September 20th 1985.

Chestnut-sided Warbler - Lan Grayling

Citrine Wagtail ●    2013:    Shetland: Ham, Foula, 1st winter.

● UK first record: A 1st winter spent six days on Fair Isle, Shetland from September 20th - 25th 1954.

Citrine Wagtail from Lerwick, Shetland - September 2023 - Penny Clarke

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler    1995:    Northumberland: Whitley Bay.

Ferruginous Duck    2003:    Leicestershire: Eyebrook Reservoir, male.

Glossy Ibis    2009:    Norfolk: Cantley Marsh, two.

Great Reed Warbler    2014: Shetland: Ham, Bressay.

Great Snipe    2020:    Isles of Scilly: Shipman Head Down, Bryher.

Greenish Warbler    1986:    Suffolk: Lowestoft, 1st winter.

Hooded Warbler ●    1970:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, female.

●UK first record: A female was present for four days on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly from September 20th - 23rd - 1970.

Hooded Warbler - Lan Grayling

Isabelline Wheatear    1998:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Lanceolated Warbler    1994:    Shetland: Whalsay, 1st winter.

Lesser Kestrel    2011:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, 1st summer male.

Lesser Yellowlegs    2017:    Carmarthenshire: Penclacwydd.

Little Bittern    1952:    Norfolk: Hickling Broad.

Magnolia Warbler    2023:    Pembrokeshire: St Govan's Head, 1st winter.

Magnolia Warbler - Tom Cutter

Marsh Sandpiper    1964:    Norfolk: Blakeney.

Masked Shrike    2014:    Yorkshire: Spurn, 1st winter.

Nutcracker    1968:    Dorset: Little Minterne Hill, Cerne Abbas.

Olive-backed Pipit    2001:    Shetland: Springfield, Fair Isle.

Pacific Golden Plover    2018:    Suffolk: Aldeburgh.

Paddyfield Warbler    2008:    Shetland: Virkie, 1st winter.

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    2023:    Shetland: Ham, Foula.

Pallid Harrier    2011:    Argyll & Bute: Pennyghael, Mull, juvenile.

Pechora Pipit    1991:    Shetland: Skaw, Unst, 1st winter.

Red-eyed Vireo    2023:    Devon: Milcombe Valley, Lundy, 1st winter.

Red-footed Falcon    1880:    Fife: Kinghorn, 1st summer female.

Red-throated Pipit    2020:    Isles of Scilly: Airfield, St Mary's.

River Warbler    2010:    Shetland: Quendale.

Roller    1901:    Northumberland: Kirknewton.

Ross's Goose    2007:    Northumberland: Hauxley/ East Chevington, adult.

Rustic Bunting    2021:    Shetland: Mucklegrind, Foula.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper    2010:    Cleveland: Greatham Creek, adult.

Siberian Stonechat    2024:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda, 1st winter male.

Siberian Thrush    2017:    Shetland: Baltasound, Unst, female.

Snowy Owl    2014: Highland: Inchnadamph Forest, male.

Spotted Sandpiper    1977:    Kent: Bough Beech Reservoir, immature.

Tennessee Warbler    1995:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda.

Terek Sandpiper    1986:    Essex: Colne Point.

Thrush Nightingale    1976:    Gwynedd: Bardsey, 1st winter.

Two-barred Crossbill    2013:    Shetland: Burrafirth, Norwick/ Skaw, Unst, juvenile.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2017:    Cornwall: Lizard Village, 1st winter.

Western Orphean Warbler ●    1955:    Dorset: Portland Bill.

● UK first record: One was processed on Portland Bill, Dorset on September 20th 1955.

Western Orphean Warbler - Lothbeg Point, Caithness - October 2020 - Nigel Voeden

White-rumped Sandpiper    2004:    Norfolk: Cley/ Salthouse, juvenile.

Wilson's Phalarope    2024:    Essex: Old Hall Marshes, 1st winter.

Yellow-breasted Bunting    2017:    Shetland: Housay, Out Skerries, juvenile.

Yellow-throated Vireo ●    1990    Cornwall: Kenidjack Valley.

● UK first record: One was discovered in Kenidjack Valley, St. Just, Cornwall and was present for eight days from September 20th - 27th 1990.

Yellow-throated Vireo - Alan Tate

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2013:    Leicestershire: Rutland Water, adult.

Black-eared Wheatear Ssp    1987:    Isles of Scilly: Bryher, female/ 1st winter.

Black/ Red-headed Bunting    1957:    Devon: Lundy, female/ immature.

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    1970:    Kent: Dungeness.

Dowitcher Ssp    1973:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2001:    Northumberland: Holy Island, female/ 1st winter.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2017:    Shetland: Norwick, Unst.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    2006:    Orkney: Carpaquoy, Eday, 1st winter.

Siberian Grasshopper Warbler ●    2012:    Shetland: Observatory, Fair Isle, first-winter.

● UK first record: A 1st winter of the form Locustella naevia straminea/ mongolica was processed at the Observatory, Fair Isle, Shetland on September 20th 2012.

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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.