Saturday, 5 September 2026

RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 6th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift    1980:    Yorkshire: Scarborough.
American Golden Plover    1971:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco, adult.
Arctic Warbler    2018:    Shetland: Shalstane, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Baird's Sandpiper    2024:    Dorset: Ferrybridge, juvenile.
Black Kite    1983:    Kent: Ashford.
Black Stork    2016:    Hampshire: Fareham.
Black-winged Pratincole    1993:    Suffolk: Livermere/ Troston area.
Black-winged Stilt    1987:    Lincolnshire: Barton-on-Humber, immature/ female.
Blue-winged Teal    2014:    Northumberland: Castle Island, female.
Booted Warbler    2018:    Suffolk: Ness Point, Lowestoft, 1st winter.
Brown Booby    2023:    County Durham: Hendon, Sunderland, adult female.

Citrine Wagtail    2011:    Shetland: Furse/ Observatory, Fair Isle, 1st winter.
Cliff Swallow    2016:    Isles of Scilly: Porth Hellick, St Mary's, adult.

Cliff Swallow - Graham Jepson

Eskimo Curlew     1855:    Aberdeenshire: Cairn Monearn, near Stonehaven.

● UK first record:
One was 'obtained' at Cairn Monearn, near Stonehaven Aberdeanshire on September 6th 1855.

Eskimo Curlew - Don Bleitz

Ferruginous Duck    2005:    Perthshire: Vane Farm, Loch Leven.

Glossy Ibis    2009:    Somerset: Chew Valley Lake.
Great Snipe    1998:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.
Greenish Warbler    2005:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head.
Gull-billed Tern    1968:    Cornwall: Widemouth Bay, two.

King Eider    1996:    Northumberland: Holy Island, male.

Lesser Grey Shrike     2014:    Suffolk: Hollesley Marsh, adult female.
Lesser Yellowlegs    2016:    Anglesey: Alaw Estuary, juvenile.

Marsh Sandpiper    1979:    Norfolk: Hickling Broad.

Nutcracker    1998:    Kent: Kingsdown.

Pacific Golden Plover    2008:    Dumfries & Galloway: Dornock/ Browhouses, adult.
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    2014:    Hampshire: Titchfield Haven, juvenile.
Pallas's Sandgrouse     1969:    Northumberland: Elwick.
Pallid Harrier    2024:    Yorkshire: Kilnsea/ Welwick, female.

Pallid Harrier - Richard Tyler

Red-footed Falcon    1985:    Devon: Lundy, 2nd year female.
Red-rumped Swallow    1985:    Flintshire: Gronant.
Red-throated Pipit    1991:    Pembrokeshire: Skomer.

Spotted Sandpiper    2023:    Fife: Rona, Isle of May, 1st winter.

Tawny Pipit    1981:    E. Sussex: Roedean.
Tennessee Warbler     1975:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.

UK first record:
● A 1st winter spent 15 days on Fair Isle, Shetland from September 6th - 20th 1975.

Tennessee Warbler - Burravoe, Yell, Shetland in October 2020 - Andy Pryce

Terek Sandpiper    1998:    Suffolk: Walberswick.
Thrush Nightingale    2005:    Shetland: Norwick, Unst.
Two-barred Crossbill    2013:    Highland: Glenborrowdale, male.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2013:    Norfolk: Blakeney Point.
Wilson's Phalarope    2010:    Cornwall: Hayle Estuary, juvenile/ 1st winter.

Yellow-breasted Bunting    1997:    Shetland: Foula.

Zitting Cisticola    2009:    Kent: Pegwell Bay, male.

Zitting Cisticola - Steven Ashton

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Balearic Woodchat Shrike    2021:    Isles of Scilly: Helvear, St Mary's, male.

Balearic Woodchat Shrike - Kris Webb

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    2023:    Cornwall: Rose Valley, Morvah.
Fea's/ Zino’s/ Desertas Petrel    2013:    Northumberland: Inner Sound, Farne Islands.
Subalpine Warbler Ssp    2008:    County Durham: Trow Quarry, South Shields, 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.


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