RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 13th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift    2001:    Essex: Hooks Marsh, Lee Valley CP.

American Pipit    2020:    Isles of Scilly: Shipman Head Down, Bryher.

Aquatic Warbler    1971:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco, adult.

Arctic Warbler    2016:    Western Isles: Cuidhur, Barra, 1st winter male.

Asian Desert Warbler    1991:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head, 1st winter.

Baird's Sandpiper    2016:    Glamorgan: Kenfig Pool, juvenile.

Black Stork    1993:    Cornwall: Porthcurno/ Porthgwarra, immature.

Black-browed Albatross    2002:    Lothian: Torness, adult.

Blackburnian Warbler    2022:    Isles of Scilly: Popplestones Fields, Bryher, 1st winter male.

Blackburnian Warbler - Gordon Wright

Black-headed Bunting    2005:    Aberdeenshire: Loch of Strathbeg, adult male.

Black-throated Thrush    2016:    Norfolk: Scolt Head, 1st winter female.

Black-winged Stilt    2012:    Lincolnshire: Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe Dunes, adult.

Blyth's Pipit ●    2015:    Isles of Scilly: Peninnis Head, St Mary's, 1st winter.

● UK first record: One was present for eleven days at Quoy, Fair Isle, Shetland from October 13th - 23rd 1988.

Blyth's Pipit from Blagdon Lake, Somerset - December 2016 - John Pringle

Blyth's Reed Warbler    2007:    Shetland: Norwick, Unst, 1st winter.

Bobolink    1999:    Pembrokeshire: Skokholm, 1st winter.

Booted Warbler    2012:    Devon: Slapton Ley.

Brown Shrike    2019:    Shetland: Schoolton, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Cackling Goose    2006:    Dumfries & Galloway: Caerlaverock.

Collared Pratincole    2022:    Cleveland: Saltholme.

Dusky Thrush ●    1905:    Nottinghamshire: Gunthorpe.

● UK first record: One was shot near a dyke side at Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire on October 13th 1905.

1st winter female Dusky Thrush from Beeley, Derbyshire - December 2916 - Christopher Teague

Dusky Warbler    2003:    Yorkshire: Filey.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail    2016:    Isles of Scilly: Standing Stones Field, St Mary's, 1st winter.

Eyebrowed Thrush    2012:    Shetland: Harrier, Foula.

Ferruginous Duck    2002:    Lancashire: Martin Mere, 1st winter female.

Glossy Ibis    2011:    Yorkshire: Hornsea Mere.

Great Knot    1996:    Cleveland: Bran/ Seal Sands/ Greenabella Marsh, adult.

Great Snipe    2019:    Yorkshire: Spurn.

Great Snipe - Anthony Hull

Greenish Warbler    1996:    Leicestershire: Priory Water.

Grey-cheeked Thrush    1983:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, 1st winter.

Grey-tailed Tattler ●    1981:    Ceredigion: Dyfi Estuary.

● UK first record: One was present on the Dyfi Estuary, Ceredigion from October 13th until November 17th 1981 a total of thirty-six days!

A juvenile Grey-tailed Tattler from Burghead Bay, Moray - November 1994 - Steve Young

Gull-billed Tern    2013:    Yorkshire: Hessle, adult.

Gyr Falcon    1887:    Orkney:

Hume's Warbler    1991:    Angus: Windyhills Farm, Auchmithie.

Lanceolated Warbler    2011:    Shetland: Field, Fair Isle, juvenile.

Lesser Grey Shrike    1975:    Carmarthenshire: Ferryside, adult.

Little Bittern    1884:    Hertfordshire: Carthagena Weir, Broxbourne, female.

Long-billed Dowitcher    2022:    Lothian: Musselburgh.

Northern Parula    1987:    Cornwall: Nanquidno, St Just, male.

Nutcracker    1968:    Cornwall: Par.

Olive-backed Pipit    2012:    Shetland: North Collafirth.

Paddyfield Warbler    2005:    Lothian: Torness.

Pallas's Sandgrouse    1888:    Norfolk: Holkham Meals, thirty.

Pallid Harrier    2023:    Isles of Scilly: St Martin's/ St Mary's/ Tresco, juvenile female.

Pallid Swift    2018:    W. Sussex: Church Norton.

Pechora Pipit    2018:    Western Isles: Castlebay, Barra.

Penduline Tit    2008:    Kent: Sandwich Bay.

Pied Wheatear    2013:    Gwynedd: Bardsey, male.

Radde's Warbler    2003:    Dorset: Portland.

Red-breasted Goose    2006:    Lincolnshire: Saltfleet, two adults.

Red-breasted Nuthatch ●    1989:    Norfolk: Holkham Meals.

● UK first record: A 1st year male was discovered around 13:30 at Holkham Meals, Norfolk on October 13th 1989. It remained faithful to the general area where it overwintered and was last seen on May 6th 1990.

Red-breasted Nuthatch - Rob Wilson

Red-breasted Nuthatch - Alan Tate

Red-eyed Vireo    2019:    Devon: Lundy, 1st winter.

Red-flanked Bluetail    2016:    Shetland: Raevas, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Red-throated Pipit    2024:    Cornwall: Land's End.

Roller    1903:    Perthshire: Ballinluig.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak    2019:    Isles of Scilly: Higher Town, St Martin's, 1st winter male.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Jason Stannage

Ross's Goose    2011:    Dumfries & Galloway: Caerlaverock/ Mersehead, adult.

Rustic Bunting    2021:    E. Sussex: Charleston Reedbed, 1st winter male.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper    1956:    Clyde: Clyde Estuary, Hamilton, 1st winter.

Siberian Accentor    2016:    Yorkshire: Easington, 1st winter.

South Polar Skua    2023:    Cornwall: St Ives Island.

Spotted Sandpiper    2021:    Isles of Scilly: Toll's Porth, St Mary's, 1st winter.

Swainson's Thrush    1990:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.

Tawny Pipit    1979:    Suffolk: Landguard Point.

Tengmalm's Owl    1980:    Orkney: Finstown, adult.

Thrush Nightingale    2006:    Orkney: Herston, South Ronaldsay, 1st winter.

Two-barred Crossbill    2013:    Kent: Hemsted Forest, 1st winter male.

Two-barred Greenish Warbler    2019:    Suffolk: Orford Quay.

Upland Sandpiper    1933:    Dumfries & Galloway: Ruthwell, adult female.

Veery    1999:    Cornwall: St Levan, 1st winter.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2024:    Cornwall: Treeve Moor, Land's End.

White-billed Diver    2007:    County Durham: Whitburn, two adults.

White's Thrush    2018:    Shetland: Wester Lother, Fair Isle.

Wilson's Phalarope    1984:    Somerset: Steart, 1st winter.

Wilson's Warbler ●    2015:    Western Isles: Port Nis, Lewis, male.

● UK first record: A male was present for just one day on Rame Head, Cornwall on October 13th 1985.

Wilson's Warbler from Port Nis, Lewis - October 2015 - Matthew Eade

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    1985:    Cornwall: Pendeen.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    2006:    Shetland: Baltasound, Unst, 1st winter.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2019:    Shetland: Quoy/ Meadow Burn, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2022:    Shetland: Pund, Fair Isle.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    2015:    Devon: South Huish Marsh, 1st winter.

Northern Treecreeper    2014:    County Durham: Whitburn, 1st winter.

Steppe Grey Shrike    2017:    Shetland: Skaw/ Vaivoe, Whalsay, juvenile.

Steppe Grey Shrike - Hugh Harrop

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    2019:       Isles of Scilly: The Hump, St Agnes, 1st winter.

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