Sunday, 6 September 2026

RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 7th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

American Bittern    1977:    Cornwall: Marazion Marsh.
American Redstart    2017:    Western Isles: Eoligarry, Barra, 1st winter female.

American Redstart - Will Soar

Aquatic Warbler    2019:    Cornwall: Nanjizal, juvenile.
Arctic Warbler    2018:    Shetland: Shirva, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Baillon's Crake    2012:    London: Rainham Marsh, juvenile.
Baird's Sandpiper    2023:    Western Isles: Allasdale, Barra, juvenile.

Baird's Sandpiper - John Kemp

Black Kite    2005:    Essex: Dengie Coast.
Black Stork    2016:    Dorset: The Verne, Portland.
Black-headed Bunting    1994:    Isle of Wight: Brook Green, male.
Black-winged Stilt    1997:    Kent: West Hythe, 1st winter.
Blyth's Reed Warbler    2013:    Shetland: Gully, Fair Isle, 1st winter.
Booted Warbler    2022:    Shetland: Grutness, 1st winter.

Caspian Tern    1989:    Cambridgeshire: Nene Washes/ Peterborough.
Citrine Wagtail    2014:    Western Isles: Borve Point, Benbecula, 1st winter.
Collared Pratincole    1851:    Devon: Exmouth, two.

Ferruginous Duck    1970:    Glamorgan: Lisvane Reservoir, male.

Glossy Ibis    2010:    Devon: R. Otter, Budleigh Salterton, Twenty.
Great Snipe    2008:    Cleveland: South Gare, Redcar.
Greater Yellowlegs    1943:    Kent: Medway Estuary.
Gull-billed Tern    1975:    Lincolnshire: Boston Point, adult.

Hudsonian Whimbrel    2019:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda, juvenile.

Lanceolated Warbler    2002:    Shetland: Fair Isle.
Lesser Grey Shrike    2024:    Argyll & Bute: Upper Achnacroish, Mull, male.
Lesser Yellowlegs    2016:    Western Isles: Loch Stiapabhat, Lewis.
Little Crake    2024:    Wiltshire: Lake 74, Cotswold WP.
Long-billed Dowitcher    2016:    Lincolnshire: Gibraltar Point, juvenile.

Nutcracker    1968:    Essex: Dedham.

Paddyfield Warbler    2016:    Cornwall: Nanjizal, 1st winter.
Pallas's Sandgrouse     1908:    Essex: Pewit Island, Hamford Water, Thirteen.

Red-footed Falcon    2005:    Norfolk: Berney Marsh, juvenile.
Red-throated Pipit    1963:    Northumberland: Hauxley.
Rustic Bunting    1958:    Cleveland: Teesmouth, Durham.

Semipalmated Plover    2012:    Western Isles: South Glendale, South Uist, juvenile.
Semipalmated Sandpiper    2017:    Isles of Scilly: Porth Hellick, St Mary's, juvenile.
Snowy Owl    1918:    Aberdeenshire: Port Errol, Cruden Bay.
Squacco Heron    1896:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, adult male.
Stilt Sandpiper    1997:    Suffolk: Minsmere, adult.

Tawny Pipit    1982:    Glamorgan: Sker Point.
Thrush Nightingale    2013:    Northumberland: Chare Ends, Holy Island, 1st winter.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2014:    Norfolk: Kelling, 1st winter.
Whiskered Tern    1974:    Glamorgan: Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir, adult.
White-throated Sparrow    2018:    Shetland: Harrier, Foula, 1st winter.

White-throated Sparrow - Mark Wilkinson

White-winged Black Tern    2005:    Somerset: Axe Estuary, juvenile.
Wilson's Phalarope    1977:    Cleveland: Saltholme Pools.

Yellow-breasted Bunting    2003:    Shetland: Fair Isle, female/ juvenile male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Audubon's/ Barolo/ Boyd's Shearwater    1990:    Cleveland: Hartlepool.
Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2010:    Gloucestershire: Stoke Orchard/ Bishop's Cleeve CAS, adult.
Fea's/ Zino’s/ Desertas Petrel    2021:    Western Isles: Gallan Head, Lewis.
Subalpine Warbler Ssp    2019:    Western Isles: Bornish, South Uist.


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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