RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 22nd:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Acadian Flycatcher ●   2015:    Kent: Dungeness.

● UK first record: One was discovered at Dungeness, Kent on September 22nd 2015.

Acadian Flycatcher - Martin Casemore

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

Aquatic Warbler    1980:    Cornwall: Marazion Marsh.

Arctic Warbler    2014:    Shetland: North Shirva, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Black Stork    1991:    Devon: Dene Prior, three adults.

Black-headed Bunting    2001:    Shetland: Fair Isle, female.

Blue Rock Thrush    2019:    Isles of Scilly: Garrison/ Giant's Castle, St Mary's, 1st winter female.

Blue Rock Thrush - Jim Almond

Blyth's Reed Warbler    2014:    Shetland: Funzie, Fetlar.

Bobolink    1983:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.

Booted Warbler    1989:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Broad-billed Sandpiper    1961:    Flintshire: Shotton Pools, two.

Cackling Goose    2002:    Dumfries & Galloway: Caerlaverock.

Citrine Wagtail    2010:    Shetland: North Haven, Fair Isle, juvenile/ 1st winter.

Common Nighthawk    1999:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.

Dusky Warbler    2001:    Norfolk: Sea Palling.

Eastern Subalpine Warbler    2014:    Shetland: Baltasound, Unst, adult male.

Glossy Ibis    2009:     E. Sussex: Scotney GP, two.

Great Reed Warbler    2016:    Shetland: Quendale.

Great Snipe    2000:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Greenish Warbler    2001:    Shetland: Northdale, Unst, 1st winter.

Grey-cheeked Thrush    1991:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, 1st winter.

Gyr Falcon    1981:    Shetland: Bressay, immature.

Isabelline Wheatear    2019:    Lincolnshire: Gibraltar Point.

Lanceolated Warbler    2014: Shetland: Midway, Fair Isle, juvenile.

Laughing Gull     2001:    Western Isles: Eoligarry, Barra, 1st summer/ 2nd winter.

Least Sandpiper    1993:    Cornwall: Hayle, juvenile.

Lesser Grey Shrike    1998:    Pembrokeshire: Carnhedryn, St David's.

Lesser Yellowlegs    2007:    Essex: Hanningfield Reservoir, juvenile.

Little Bittern    1876:    Glamorgan: Ely Rise.

Nutcracker    1968:    Buckinghamshire: Penn.

Olive-backed Pipit    2006:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Paddyfield Warbler    1999:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    2017:    Shetland: Lower Stoneybrek, Fair Isle.

Pallid Harrier    2024:    Norfolk: Warham Greens, 2nd winter female.

Pechora Pipit    2015:    Shetland: Melby.

Red-eyed Vireo    2023:    Cornwall: Nanquidno.

Red-flanked Bluetail    2015:    Shetland: Whitefield, Whalsay, female/ 1st winter male.

Red-throated Pipit    1999:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

River Warbler    1982:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st year.

Roller    1981:    Shetland: Fair Isle, juvenile.

Ross's Goose    2014:    Lothian: Aberlady Bay, adult.

Rustic Bunting    2023:    Shetland: Airstrip, Fair Isle.

Sandhill Crane    2011:    Aberdeenshire: Loch of Strathbeg, adult.

Sandhill Crane - Simon Spavin

Snowy Owl    1990:    Shetland: Scatness/ Sumburgh, 1st winter male.

Spotted Sandpiper    2020: Argyll & Bute: Balemartine, Tiree, juvenile.

Steller's Eider    1959:    Highland: Loch Fleet, female/ immature male.

Stilt Sandpiper    2008:    Cumbria: Campfield Marsh, juvenile.

Swainson's Thrush    2016:    Argyll & Bute: Balephuil, Tiree, 1st winter.

Taiga Flycatcher    2009:    Shetland: Tresta, Fetlar, 1st winter.

Tawny Pipit    1973:    Shetland: Out Skerries.

Terek Sandpiper    1996:    Clyde: Clyde Estuary, Dumbarton.

Thrush Nightingale    2008:    Shetland: Virkie.

Turkestan Shrike    2023:    Shetland: Schoolton, Fair Isle, adult male.

Turkestan Shrike - Andrew Russell

Two-barred Crossbill    1990:    Shetland: Kergord, juvenile.

Upland Sandpiper    1993:    Shetland: Foula, juvenile.

Veery    2005:    Shetland: Northdale, Unst, 1st winter.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2024:    Kent: Dungeness, 1st winter.

White's Thrush    1990:    Shetland: Sumburgh.

White-winged Black Tern    1991:    Hampshire: Blashford GP, juvenile.

Yellow-breasted Bunting    2018:    Shetland: Vatshoull, Whalsay, juvenile.

Yellow-browed Bunting    1992:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Black-eared Wheatear Ssp    1981:    Shetland: Out Skerries.

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    1991:    Isles of Scilly: Bryher, 1st winter.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2024:    Lothian: Tantallon, 1st winter.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2003:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    2024:    Shetland: North Toons, Foula, 1st winter.

Steppe Grey Shrike    2000:    Orkney: Windwick, South Ronaldsay, 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.