RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 17th:

DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENTLY ACCEPTED:

Alpine Swift    2004:    London: London Wetland Centre, Barnes.

American Golden Plover    1987:    Cornwall: Davidstow Airfield, adult.

American Robin    1976:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.

Aquatic Warbler    1974:    Cornwall: Marazion Marsh.

Arctic Warbler    1988:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco.

Asian Houbara    1896:    Yorkshire: Kilnsea, immature male.

Baird's Sandpiper    1987:    Carmarthenshire: Pembrey Harbour.

Baltimore Oriole    2018:    Western Isles: North Bay, Morghan, Barra, 1st winter male.

Baltimore Oriole - John Kemp

Black-browed Albatross    1993:    At sea: Sea area Wight c.54km south-east of Newhaven, E. Sussex.

Blackpoll Warbler    2003:    Western Isles: Snishival plantation, South Uist.

Black-throated Thrush    2002:    Shetland: Fleck, 1st winter female.

Black-winged Stilt    1920:    Dumfries & Galloway: Loch Ryan, adult.

Blyth's Pipit    2007:    Shetland: West Voe of Sumburgh.

Blyth's Reed Warbler    2005:    Northumberland: St Mary's Island.

Bridled Tern    1958:    Somerset: near Weston-Super-Mare.

Cackling Goose    2019:    Argyll & Bute: Oronsay, adult.

Canada Goose    2018:    Northumberland: Goswick, Holy Island.

Citrine Wagtail    2013:    Shetland: Fleck, 1st winter.

Daurian Shrike    2013:    Shetland: Brough, Whalsay, adult female.

Desert Wheatear    2007:    Cornwall: Land's End, female.

Dusky Warbler    1997:    Kent: North Foreland.

Ferruginous Duck    2003:    Derbyshire: Willington GP, 1st winter.

Forster's Tern    1987:    Anglesey: Penmon.

Glossy Ibis    2011:    Hampshire: Lymington.

Great Snipe    1996:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.

Grey-cheeked Thrush    2018:    Isles of Scilly: Covean, St Agnes, 1st winter.

Grey-cheeked Thrush - Scott Reid

Hume's Warbler    2012:    Shetland: Lerness, Fair Isle.

Isabelline Wheatear    2016:    Northumberland: Holy Island.

Isabelline Wheatear - Frank Golding

Lanceolated Warbler    2012:    Orkney: Nesstoun, North Ronaldsay, juvenile. 🖐🏻

Least Sandpiper    1999:    Yorkshire: Blacktoft Sands, juvenile.

Lesser Grey Shrike    1999:    Fife: Wormiston, 1st winter.

Little Bittern    1976:    Kent: Sevenoaks, male.

Little Bustard    1958:    Kent: near Tonbridge.

Little Crake    1892:    Yorkshire: Green Hammerton. 🖐🏻

Masked Shrike    2020:    Kent: Shuart, 1st winter.

Masked Shrike - Karl Price

Northern Parula    1985:    Cornwall: Penlee Point, Cawsand, 1st winter female.

Nutcracker    1968:    Norfolk: Ludham.

Olive-backed Pipit    2011:    Shetland: Setter, Fair Isle.

Pallas's Reed Bunting    1990:    E. Sussex: Icklesham, 1st winter male. 🖐🏻

Pallas's Sandgrouse    1889:    Norfolk: near Hunstanton, a flock.

Pallid Harrier    2016:    Derbyshire: Leash Fen, juvenile.

Pallid Swift    2018:    Yorkshire: Kilnsea.

Penduline Tit    1990:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco, male.

Pied Wheatear    2015:    Cornwall: Botallack, 1st winter male.

Pine Bunting    1988:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head, male.

Radde's Warbler    2004:    Norfolk: Weybourne. 🖐🏻

Red-flanked Bluetail    2015:    Norfolk: Hemsby, 1st winter.

Red-footed Falcon    1913:    Aberdeenshire: Aboyne, immature female.

Red-throated Pipit    2020:    Isles of Scilly: Horse Point, St Agnes.

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin    2020:    Norfolk: Stiffkey, 1st winter.

Semipalmated Plover    2013:    Hampshire: Black Point, Hayling Island, 1st inter.

Siberian Rubythroat    2003:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter female.

Sociable Lapwing    1986:    Hampshire: Titchfield Haven/ Lee-on-Solent Airfield, juvenile.

Sora    2016:    Devon: Exminster Marsh, juvenile female.

Tawny Pipit    1977:    Kent: Minnis Bay, immature.

Whiskered Tern    1988:    Norfolk: Welney, juvenile.

White's Thrush    2003:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, 1st winter. 🖐🏻

White-winged Black Tern    1999:    Cornwall: Marazion, juvenile/ 1st winter.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    1991:    Surrey: Oxted. 🖐🏻

Yellow-rumped Warbler    1999:    Western Isles: Grogarry, South Uist.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Amur Stonechat    2020:    Cleveland: South Gare, 1st winter male. 🧪

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    1986:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, 1st winter.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2016:    Shetland: Sandwick, 1st winter male.

Fea's/Zino's/Desertas Petrel    2022:    At sea: near Wolf Rock, Isles of Scilly.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2022:    Shetland: West Burrafirth, two.

Northern Long-tailed Tit    2016:    Aberdeenshire: Peterhead, five.

Northern Treecreeper    2015:    Lincolnshire: Theddlethorpe Dunes. 🖐🏻

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    2019:    Cornwall: Cot Valley.

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

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LEGEND:

🔴    1st British Record

📹    Videoed

🧪    DNA Sample

🖐🏻    Trapped/ Processed

🔊    Sound Recording