Sunday, 11 October 2026

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 12th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift    2004:    Hampshire: Farlington Marsh.
American Golden Plover    2003:    Norfolk: Breydon Water, adult.
American Robin    1984:    Surrey: Haslemere, 1st winter.
Aquatic Warbler    1982:    Dorset: Lodmoor, Weymouth.
Arctic Warbler    2016:    Shetland: Hillsgarth, Unst, 1st winter.
Audouin's Gull    2014:    Kent: Dungeness, 2nd winter.

Baillon's Crake    1877:    Cornwall: Marazion Marsh, immature.
Baird's Sandpiper    2021:    Nottinghamshire: Idle Washlands, juvenile.
Black Kite    1976:    Norfolk: Holkham Gap.
Black-billed Cuckoo    1985:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, 1st winter.
Black-faced Bunting    2001:    Devon: Lundy.

Blackpoll Warbler ●    1997:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco.

● UK first record: One was present on Barnaby Lane/ The Parsonage, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly for fourteen days from October 12th - 25th 1968.

A 1st winter from Bryher, Isles of Scilly - October 2012 - Tim Hemmings

Blyth's Pipit    2006:    Shetland: Sumburgh, 1st winter.
Blyth's Reed Warbler    2013:    Shetland: Schoolton, Fair Isle, 1st winter.
Bonaparte's Gull    2024:    Highland: Loch Fleet, adult.
Booted Warbler    2018:    Shetland: West Voe of Sumburgh, 1st winter.
Broad-billed Sandpiper    2003:    Yorkshire: Patrington Haven, juvenile.

Cackling Goose    2021:    Argyll & Bute: Loch Gruinart, Islay, adult.
Canada Goose    2021:    Northumberland: Budle Bay, three.
Caspian Tern    2005:    Gwynedd: Bardsey, immature.
Citrine Wagtail    1978:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, 1st winter.
Collared Pratincole    2022:    Northumberland: Cresswell Pond.
Common Nighthawk    1981:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.

Daurian Shrike    2015:    Norfolk: Paston, adult female.
Desert Wheatear    2008:    Lancashire: Crosby Marine, male.
Dusky Warbler    1992:    Kent: St Margaret's.

Eastern Orphean Warbler ●    2017:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.

● UK first record: A 1st winter spent six days in the Troy Town, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly from October 12th - 17th 2017.

St Agnes, Isles of Scilly - Tony Collinson

St Agnes, Isles of Scilly - Jim Almond

Eyebrowed Thrush    1999:    Gwynedd: Bardsey, 1st winter.

Ferruginous Duck    2017:    Forth: Gartmorn Dam, adult male.

Glossy Ibis    2011:    Essex: East Mersea/ Fingringhoe Wick, two.
Great Reed Warbler    1978:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.
Great Snipe    1896:    Fife: near St Andrews, female.
Grey-cheeked Thrush    2007:    Isles of Scilly: Porthloo, St Mary's.
Gull-billed Tern    1990:    Dumfries & Galloway: Loch Ryan, 1st winter.

Lanceolated Warbler    2015:    Shetland: Kenaby, Fair Isle, juvenile.
Laughing Gull    1997:    W. Midlands: Bartley Reservoir, adult.
Least Sandpiper    2007:    Western Isles: Butt of Lewis, Lewis, juvenile.
Lesser Scaup    2024:    Surrey: Staines Reservoir, adult male.
Lesser White-fronted Goose    1986:    Essex: Foulness, three 1st winters.

Nutcracker    1968:    Norfolk: Fleggburgh.

Olive-backed Pipit    2012:    Northumberland: Brownsman, Farne Islands.

Pacific Golden Plover    2000:    Argyll & Bute: Vaul, Tiree, adult.
Paddyfield Warbler    2016:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head, 1st winter.
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    1988:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.
Pallid Harrier    2019:    Nottinghamshire: Langford Lowfields, juvenile.
Pallid Swift    2004:    Hampshire: Brockhampton/ Budds STW, two.
Pechora Pipit    2007:    Shetland: Toab.
Penduline Tit    2010:    Hampshire: Titchfield Haven, two 1st winters.
Pied Wheatear    2010:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, 1st winter male.
Pine Bunting    1991:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, female.

Radde's Warbler    2005:    Isles of Scilly: St Martin's.
Red-breasted Goose    1975:    Essex: Foulness.
Red-flanked Bluetail    2016:    Shetland: Ward Hill, Fair Isle, 1st winter.
Red-throated Pipit    2023:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco.
Rock Thrush    2017:    Gwent: Pwll Du quarry, male.

Rock Thrush - Tony Davison

Rose-breasted Grosbeak    1993:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco, 1st winter male.
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin    1876:    Devon: Slapton, immature.
Rustic Bunting    2000:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Sardinian Warbler    1995:    Dorset: Weston, Portland, female/ 1st winter.
Snowy Owl    1925:    Somerset: Haddon Hill/ Dunster.
Sociable Lapwing    2008:    Isles of Scilly: Old Town/ Trewince, St Mary's.
Solitary Sandpiper    2012:    Isles of Scilly: The Hotel, Bryher, juvenile.
Spotted Sandpiper    2018:    Cleveland: Marske-by-the-Sea, juvenile.
Swainson's Thrush    2000:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, 1st winter.

Taiga Flycatcher    2003:    Shetland: Sandgarth, 1st winter.
Tennessee Warbler    2022:    Pembrokeshire: Skokholm, 1st winter.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2021:    Yorkshire: Kilnsea.
Whiskered Tern    2006:    Norfolk: Brancaster/ Titchwell, 1st winter.
White-billed Diver    1998:    Aberdeenshire: Peterhead, two adults.
White's Thrush    2021:    Dorset: Weymouth, 1st winter.
Wilson's Phalarope    1996:    Fife: Eden Estuary, 1st winter.

Yellow Warbler    2023:    Shetland: Hoswick, 1st winter male.

Yellow Warbler - Andy Williams

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    2019:    Cornwall: Crackington Haven.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Mark Worden

Yellow-browed Bunting    1980:    Shetland: Fair Isle, male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Arctic Redpoll    2023:    Shetland: Ham, Foula.
Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2012:    Leicestershire: Rutland Water, adult.

Dowitcher Ssp    1971:    Angus: Kinnaber.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2015:    Shetland: Quendale, female/ 1st winter male.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    1996:    Norfolk: Horsey Gap, 1st winter.

Northern Treecreeper    2013:    Yorkshire: Buckton, 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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