RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 5th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift    1998:    Dorset: Hengistbury Head.
American Golden Plover    2003:    Shetland: Sandwick, adult.
Aquatic Warbler    1982:    Cornwall: Marazion Marsh.
Arctic Warbler ●    2018:    Shetland: Stackhoull, Fair Isle, adult.

● UK first record:

A male was killed at Sule Skerry Lighthouse, Orkney on  September 5th 1902. It is now held at The National Museums of Scotland.

Arctic Warbler - John Pringle

Baird's Sandpiper    2013:    Argyll & Bute: Loch a' Phuill, Tiree, juvenile.

Barolo Shearwater    2017:    Cornwall: Newquay.

Black Stork    2015:    Wiltshire: Clarendon Park, juvenile.

Black-browed Albatross    1990:    At sea: Sea area Cromarty: c.13km north of Portknockie, Aberdeenshire.

Black-headed Bunting    2004:    Pembrokeshire: Skomer, 1st winter.

Black-winged Stilt    1968:    Essex: Hamford Water, five.

Blue-winged Teal    1973:    Orkney: Stronsay, two males.

Blyth's Reed Warbler    2014:    Lincolnshire: Gibraltar Point.

Booted Warbler    2023:    Cornwall: Porth Joke.

Broad-billed Sandpiper    1973:    Dorset: Sutton Bingham Reservoir.

Brown Booby    2023:    Fife: Pettycur.

Brown Flycatcher    2010:    Yorkshire: Buckton, adult.

Caspian Tern    1971:    Lincolnshire: Gibraltar Point.

Citrine Wagtail    2013:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda, 1st winter.

Glossy Ibis    2009:    Essex: Canvey Island, seven immatures.

Great Reed Warbler    1976:    Leicestershire: Stanford Reservoir.

Great Snipe    1935:    Shetland: Sumburgh.

Greenish Warbler ●    2005:    Shetland: Quendale, 1st winter.

● UK first record:

A female was 'obtained' at North Cotes, Lincolnshire on September 5th 1896.

Greenish Warbler - John Dunn

Gull-billed Tern    1974:    Essex: Maplin Sands.

Hudsonian Whimbrel    2008:    Isles of Scilly: Porthloo, St Mary's, juvenile.

Kentish Plover    2023:    Cornwall: Hayle Estuary, juvenile.

Kentish Plover - Mike Spicer

King Eider    2009:    Lincolnshire: Freiston Shore, male.

Lanceolated Warbler    2018:    Shetland: Gully, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Laughing Gull    1983:    Yorkshire: Humber WR, Broomfleet Sands, adult.

Lesser Grey Shrike    1996:    Fife: Crail.

Lesser Yellowlegs    2014:    Hampshire: Normandy Marsh, juvenile.

Little Crake    2014:    Devon: Black Hole Marsh, Axe Estuary, juvenile/ 1st winter.

Long-billed Dowitcher    2018:    Hampshire: Keyhaven Lagoon.

Nutcracker    1968:    Essex: Little Oakley.

Paddyfield Warbler    2014:    Shetland: Lower Leogh, Fair Isle.

Pallas's Sandgrouse    1969:    Northumberland: Seahouses, male.

Pallid Harrier    2023:    E. Sussex: Cuckmere Haven, juvenile.

Purple Martin ●     2004:    Western Isles: Butt of Lewis/ Europie, Lewis, juvenile.

● UK first record:

A juvenile spent two days at the Butt of Lewis and Europie, Lewis on Sepember 5th - 6th 2004.

Purple Martin - Yvonne Benting

Red-footed Falcon    1987:    Essex: Holland Haven, 1st summer male.

Red-throated Pipit    1998:    Fife: Fife Ness.

Roller    1975:    Caithness: Auchengill.

Tawny Pipit    2015:    Hampshire: Gunner Point, Hayling Island, 1st winter.

Tennessee Warbler    1982:    Orkney: Holm, 1st year.

Thrush Nightingale     2005:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Two-barred Crossbill    1927:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2014:    Cornwall: Lizard Village.

Wilson's Phalarope    2024:    Lancashire: Marshside, 1st winter.

Yellow Warbler    2023:    Shetland: Ham, Foula.

Yellow Warbler - Penny Clarke

Yellow-breasted Bunting    2013:    Northumberland: Brownsman, Farne Islands, juvenile.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Fea's/ Zino's/ Desertas Petrel    2023:    Orkney: Dennis Head, North Ronaldsay.

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.