RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 21st:

Details of the most recently accepted:

American Pipit    2023:    Western Isles: Village Glen, St Kilda.

Aquatic Warbler    1979:    Kent: Cliffe.

Arctic Warbler    2016:    Shetland: Hoswick, 1st winter.

Baird's Sandpiper    2023:    Argyll & Bute: Vaul Bay, Tiree, juvenile.

Bay-breasted Warbler    2023:    Pembrokeshire: Ramsey Island, 1st winter.

Bay-breasted Warbler - Andrew Jordan

Black-and-white Warbler    2023:    Gwynedd: Bardsey, 1st winter female.

Black-browed Albatross    2009:    Isles of Scilly: Peninnis Head, St Mary's, 5th year.

Black-headed Bunting    2008:    Western Isles: Kentangaval, Castlebay, Barra, adult male.

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

Bobolink    2023:    Pembrokeshire: Skokholm, 1st winter.

Bonaparte's Gull    2017:    Western Isles: Garry Beach, North Tolsta, Lewis, 1st winter.

Booted Warbler    1995:    County Durham: Seaham Hall Dene.

Broad-billed Sandpiper    1977:    Norfolk: Breydon Water.

Calandra Lark    1994:    Western Isles: St Kilda, 21st September.

Cedar Waxwing    2013:    Argyll & Bute: Vaul, Tiree, juvenile.

Cedar Waxwing - Jim Dickson

Citrine Wagtail    2012:    Shetland: Vaadal/ Setter, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Collared Flycatcher    2015:    Shetland: Sumburgh Head, adult male.

Crag Martin    2008:    W. Sussex: Upper Beeding, Truleigh Hill.

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler    2024:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head, 1st winter.

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler - Tony Dixon

Eskimo Curlew    1880:    Aberdeenshire: Forest of Birse, adult male.

Ferruginous Duck    1971:    Essex: Alresford GP, male.

Glossy Ibis    2010:    Norfolk: Breydon Water.

Great Snipe    1998:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.

Isabelline Wheatear    2001:    Suffolk: Landguard, female/ 1st winter.

King Eider    1992:    Aberdeenshire: Girdleness, male.

Lanceolated Warbler    2016:    Shetland: Observatory, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Lesser Grey Shrike    2024:    Norfolk: Winterton Dunes.

Lesser Yellowlegs    2011:    Cornwall: Tresemple Pool/ St Clement, juvenile.

Long-billed Dowitcher    2022:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.

Nutcracker    1968:    Kent: Nonnington.

Olive-backed Pipit    2000:    Shetland: Kergord.

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    2024:    Northumberland: Tynemouth Pier/ Priory Bank, 1st winter.

Pallid Harrier    2024:    Glamorgan: Llanrhidian Marsh, Gower, female.

Pallid Swift    2004:    Suffolk: Southwold.

Pechora Pipit    2012:    Shetland: Housay, Out Skerries.

Red-breasted Goose    2021:    Lincolnshire: Sea Lane, Wrangle, adult.

Red-eyed Vireo    2023:    Cornwall: Land's End.

Red-flanked Bluetail    1984:    Shetland: Fair Isle, female/ immature.

Red-footed Falcon    2001:    Northumberland: Farne Islands, juvenile.

Red-necked Stint    2001:    Cambridgeshire: Somersham GP, adult.

Red-throated Pipit    2016:    Devon: Lundy.

River Warbler    2002:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Roller    1901:    Cleveland: Acklam, immature female.

Ross's Gull    1993:    Shetland: Skaw, Unst, adult.

Rustic Bunting    1999:    Fife: Isle of May, two.

Semipalmated Sandpiper    2013:    Cheshire: Hoylake Shore, adult.

Short-toed Treecreeper    2019:    Kent: Langdon Cliffs.

Siberian Stonechat    2024:    Norfolk: Kelling Water Meadows/ Weybourne Camp, 1st winter male.

Siberian Stonechat - Sean Nixon

Spotted Sandpiper    2015:    Isles of Scilly: Stinking Porth, Bryher, juvenile.

Squacco Heron    2011:    Dorset: Little Sea, Studland Heath, juvenile.

Swainson's Thrush    2011:    Shetland: Dalsetter.

Tawny Pipit    2020:    Cornwall: Porthgwarra.

Tennessee Warbler    2023:    Western Isles: Nask, Barra.

Tennessee Warbler - Bruce Taylor

Two-barred Crossbill    1966:    Norfolk: Holkham, male.

Western Black-eared Wheatear    1911:    Western Isles: St Kilda, female.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2006:    Cornwall: Lizard Village.

White-billed Diver    1999:    Argyll & Bute: Machir Bay, Islay, 1st summer.

White's Thrush    1993:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda.

White-winged Black Tern    2000:    Kent: Dungeness, adult.

Wilson's Phalarope    2021:    Flintshire: Burton Mere Wetlands.

Yellow-breasted Bunting ●    2006:    Shetland: Wester Quarff.

● UK first record: A juvenile female was 'obtained' at Cley, Norfolk on September 21st 1905 and is now held at Castle Museum, Norwich.

Yellow-breasted Bunting from Out Skerries, Shetland - September 2017 - Michael Mckee

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2011:    Bedfordshire: Stewartby Lake, adult.

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

Fea's/ Zino's/ Desertas Petrel    2018:    Cornwall: Pendeen.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2013:    Shetland: Hoswick.

Pratincole Ssp    1993:    W. Sussex: Pagham Harbour.

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    1996:    Fife: Fife Ness, male.
Steppe Grey Shrike ●    1956:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter

● UK first record: A 1st winter was processed on Fair Isle, Shetland on September 21st 1956.

Steppe Grey Shrike from Benacre, Suffolk - October 2020 - John Richardson

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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.