Friday, 9 October 2026

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 10th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift    1991:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.
American Pipit    2020:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.
American Robin    2006:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco, 1st winter male.
Aquatic Warbler    1974:    Devon: Dawlish Warren.
Arctic Warbler    1978:    Lincolnshire: Humberston Fitties.

Baird's Sandpiper    1995:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, juvenile.
Black Duck    1998:    Cornwall: Camel Estuary, male.
Black Scoter    2005:    Moray: Burghead Bay, male.
Black Stork    2010:    Kent: Eythorne.
Black-billed Cuckoo    1990:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.
Black-browed Albatross    2021:    Cornwall: Pendeen Watch, adult.
Black-faced Bunting    2016:    Shetland: Gunnista, Bressay.
Black-headed Bunting    2017:    Shetland: Quoy, Fair Isle, 1st winter.
Black-throated Thrush    1997:    Shetland: Bressay, 1st winter female.
Black-winged Pratincole    1993:    Cornwall: Sennen, juvenile.
Black-winged Stilt    1973:    Surrey: Englefield Green.
Booted Eagle    2024:    Cornwall: Nanquidno, juvenile.

Booted Eagle - Mike & Liz Scott-Ham

Cackling Goose    2020:    Western Isles: Loch Paible, North Uist.
Caspian Tern    1976:    Derbyshire: Drakelow, adult.
Citrine Wagtail    2012:    Gwynedd: Bardsey, 1st winter.
Cliff Swallow ●    1983:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.

● UK first record: A juvenile was discovered on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly on October 10th 1983. It was also seen on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly from October 10th - 27th 1983.

Cliff Swallow from St Mary's Isles of Scilly - August 2024 - Richard Stonier

Cream-coloured Courser    1949:    Clyde: near Luggiebank, three.
Crested Lark    1881:    E. Sussex: Portslade-by-Sea, adult male.

Desert Wheatear    1991:    Lincolnshire: Donna Nook, female/ 1st winter.
Dusky Warbler    2005:    Cornwall: Rame Head.

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler    2014:    Shetland: Scalloway.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail    2018:    Isles of Scilly: Great Pool/ Borough Farm, Tresco, 1st winter.

Ferruginous Duck    2021:    Hampshire: Blashford Lakes, adult male.

Glossy Ibis    2009:    Suffolk: Cavenham Heath.
Great Snipe    2022:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.
Greenish Warbler    1981:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.
Grey-cheeked Thrush    2013:    Western Isles: Sgallairidh, Barra.

Hermit Thrush    2010:    Western Isles: Loch Druidibeg, South Uist, 1st winter.

Isabelline Wheatear    2023:    Cleveland: South Gare.

Ivory Gull    1988:    Carmarthenshire: Burry Port, 1st winter.

Killdeer    1990:    Western Isles: Eoligarry, Barra.

Lanceolated Warbler    2002:    Shetland: Fair Isle.
Least Sandpiper ●    1853:    Cornwall: Mounts Bay, Marazion.

● UK first record: One was 'obtained' in Mounts Bay, Marazion, Cornwall on October 10th 1853.

Least Sandpiper from Bracklesham Bay, W. Sussex - April 2025 - Andrew Jordan

Lesser Grey Shrike    2014:    Bedfordshire: near Biggleswade, adult.
Lesser Yellowlegs    2003:    Ceredigion: Cors Caron, Tregaron, juvenile.
Little Bittern    1889:    Norfolk: R. Bure, Runham.

Northern Parula    1995:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, 1st winter.
Nutcracker    1975:    Surrey: Seale, Farnham.

Pallas's Sandgrouse    1888:    Lincolnshire: North Somercotes, two.
Pechora Pipit    2015:    Shetland: Hametoun, Foula.
Philadelphia Vireo ●    1987:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco.

● UK first record: One was present for four days at Borough Farm, Tresco, Isles of Scilly from October 10th - 13th 1987.

Philadelphia Vireo - Unknown

Pied Wheatear    2010:    Orkney: Twingness, North Ronaldsay, female.

Radde's Warbler    2005:    Dorset: Portland.
Red-flanked Bluetail    2016:    Lincolnshire: Donna Nook.
Red-footed Falcon    1980:    Devon: Prawle Point, juvenile.
Red-rumped Swallow    2005:    Hampshire: Keyhaven.
Red-throated Pipit    2020:    Shetland: Quoy/ Schoolton, Fair Isle, adult.
Rock Thrush    2020:    Shetland: Gallow Hill, Fetlar.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak    2011:    Orkney: near Stenaquoy, Eday, 1st winter male.
Ross's Goose    2002:    Norfolk: North Norfolk coast, adult.
Rustic Bunting    2015:    Orkney: Deerness.

Siberian Stonechat ●    2020:    Shetland: Lower Leogh/ Midway, Fair Isle, 1st winter male.

● UK first record: A female was 'obtained' on the Isle of May, Fife on October 10th 1913 and is now held at The National Museums of Scotland.

Siberian Stonechat from Hawthorn Dene, County Durham - October 2025 - Thomas Tams

Snowy Owl    1964:    Isles of Scilly: Various islands, female.
Sociable Lapwing    1998:    Kent: Capel Fleet.
Solitary Sandpiper    2010:    Devon: R. Axe, Black Hole Marsh, juvenile.
South Polar Skua    2024:    At sea: Sea Area Fastnet, c.45km north of the Isles of Scilly.
Swainson's Thrush    2020:    Isles of Scilly: Popplestones Fields, Bryher.

Swainson's Thrush - Paul Miller

Upland Sandpiper    1999:    Isles of Scilly: St Martin's, juvenile.

Veery    1987:    Devon: Lundy, 1st winter.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2009:    Shetland: Ellister, Maywick, 1st winter.
Western Orphean Warbler    2020:    Highland: Lothbeg Point, adult male.

Western Orphean Warbler - Nigel Voaden

White-rumped Sandpiper    2003:    Shetland: Norwick, Unst, juvenile.
White's Thrush    2009:    Shetland: Hjukni Geo, Fair Isle.
White-winged Black Tern    1979:    Flintshire: Shotwick Lake, juvenile.
Wilson's Phalarope    2013:    Shetland: Sand, adult.
Wilson's Snipe    2017:    Isles of Scilly: Porth Hellick, St Mary's, adult.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    1999:    Cornwall: Cot Valley, St Just.
Yellow-browed Bunting    2022:    Kent: Sandwich Bay, 1st winter male.

Yellow-browed Bunting - Steve Reynaert

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2015:    Northamptonshire: Stanwick, adult.

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    1982:    Isles of Scilly: St Martin's.

Dowitcher Ssp    1984:    Perthshire: Port Allen, near Errol.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2010:    Yorkshire: Carr Naze, Filey, 1st winter/ female.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2023:    Shetland: Norwick/ Baltasound, Unst.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    2018:    Devon: Thurlestone, juvenile.

Northern Treecreeper    2010:    Suffolk: Orfordness.

Orphean Warbler Ssp    1982:    Aberdeenshire: Seaton Park, Aberdeen, immature.

Turkestan Lesser Whitethroat    2024:    Kent: Sandwich Bay, 1st winter.

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Every effort is made to use a photograph of the bird in question.
Records listed above cover the period up to the end of 2024.

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RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 10th:

Details of the most recently accepted: Alpine Swift      1991:      Isles of Scilly: St Mary's. American Pipit      2020:      Orkney: N...