RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 18th:

DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENTLY ACCEPTED:

Alpine Swift    1969:    Cornwall: Marazion Marsh.

American Pipit    2021:    Western Isles: Stinky Bay, Benbecula.

American Pipit - John Kemp

Arctic Warbler    1913:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Baillon's Crake    2001:    Shetland: Maywick, juvenile.

Baird's Sandpiper    1967:    Gloucestershire: Frampton-on-Severn.

Baltimore Oriole    1967:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes. 🖐🏻

Barolo Shearwater    2024:    Cornwall: Cape Cornwall.

Black-browed Albatross    2016:    Cornwall: Cape Cornwall.

Blyth's Pipit    2006:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, 1st winter.

Bobolink    2019:    Lincolnshire: Theddlethorpe Dunes.

Booted Warbler    2022:    Isles of Scilly: The Garrison, St Mary's, 1st winter.

Booted Warbler - Kris Webb

Bridled Tern    1990:    Yorkshire: Scarborough.

Brown Shrike    2020:    Yorkshire: Johnny Brown's Common, South Kirkby.

Brown Shrike - Jon Worthington

Cackling Goose    2002:    Dumfries & Galloway: Caerlaverock.

Canada Goose    2022:    Aberdeenshire: Ythan Estuary.

Chestnut-sided Warbler    1995:    Devon: Prawle Point.

Chimney Swift    1987:    Cornwall: near Truro.

Citrine Wagtail    2009:    Orkney: Garso, North Ronaldsay, 1st winter.

Common Nighthawk    1971:    Nottinghamshire: Bulcote, immature.

Cream-coloured Courser    1969:    Norfolk: Blakeney, 1st winter.

Desert Wheatear    2020:    Northumberland: Seaton Point, Boulmer, female.

Desert Wheatear - Thomas Tams

Dusky Thrush    1961:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter female. 🖐🏻

Dusky Warbler    2004:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Ferruginous Duck    2000:    Norfolk: Welney.

Glossy Ibis    2011:    E. Sussex: near Eastbourne/ Pett Pools, adult.

Great Reed Warbler    2020:    Devon: Yelland Pond, Taw Estuary, 1st winter.

Great Reed Warbler - Oliver Mockridge

Great Snipe    1953:    Norfolk: Brancaster Staithe.

Great Spotted Cuckoo    1896:    Norfolk: North Denes, Great Yarmouth, juvenile male.

Gyr Falcon    1956:    Shetland: Fair Isle, immature.

Hume's Warbler    2015:    Kent: Kingsdown. 🔊

Indigo Bunting 🔴    1996:    Pembrokeshire: Ramsey Island.

🔴 A 1st winter male spent nine days on Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire from October 18th - 26th 1996.

Indigo Bunting from St Agnes, Isles of Scilly - October 2020 - Scott Reid

Isabelline Wheatear    2019:    Devon: Lundy.

Killdeer    2006:    Argyll: Oronsay.

King Eider    2004:    Shetland: Cat Firth, male.

Lanceolated Warbler    1999:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Lesser Grey Shrike    2019:    Shetland: North Dale, Unst, 1st winter.

Lesser Yellowlegs    2002:    Hertfordshire: Amwell, juvenile/1st winter.

Long-billed Dowitcher    2019:    Derbyshire: Willington/ Highbridge GP, juvenile.

Nutcracker    1968:    Norfolk: North Creake.

Olive-backed Pipit    2012:    Shetland: Baltasound, Unst.

Pallid Swift    2018:    Cornwall: Land's End, juvenile.

Penduline Tit    2014:    Norfolk: Titchwell, 1st winter.

Pied Wheatear    2003:    Aberdeenshire: Collieston, 1st winter male.

Radde's Warbler    2000:    Devon: Dawlish Warren.

Red-breasted Goose    2011:    Dorset: Stanpit Marsh, 1st winter.

Red-flanked Bluetail    2015:    Isles of Scilly: Lower Town, St Agnes, female/ 1st winter male.

Red-rumped Swallow    1998:    Cornwall: Kenidjack.

Red-throated Pipit    2022:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, two.

Scops Owl    1996:    Orkney: Settiscarth, Firth.

Semipalmated Plover    2013:    W. Sussex: Pilsey Sands, Chichester Harbour, 1st winter.

Short-toed Treecreeper    1990:    Kent: Dungeness. 🖐🏻

Siberian Accentor    2016:    Northumberland: Holy Island, 1st winter.

Siberian Accentor - David Elliott

Siberian Rubythroat    2011:    Shetland: Gulberwick, 1st winter male.

Snowy Owl    1994:    At sea: Sea area Forties, 1st winter male.

Spotted Sandpiper    2020:    Devon: Horsey Island, Braunton, juvenile.

Tawny Pipit    1980:    Cumbria: South Walney.

Tengmalm's Owl    1884:    Yorkshire: Holmpton in Holderness, adult.

Upland Sandpiper    1982:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, juvenile.

Western Orphean Warbler    2016:    Orkney: Finstown, 1st winter. 🖐🏻

White-billed Diver    2002:    Cleveland: Hartlepool Headland, adult.

White's Thrush    2023:    Orkney: May Cottage, Papa Westray.

White-winged Black Tern    2003:    Kent: Grove Ferry, juvenile/ 1st winter.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    1987:    Lincolnshire: Rauceby Warren, near Sleaford.

Yellow-breasted Bunting    1997:    Fife: Fife Ness, female/ juvenile male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Baltic Gull    2005:    Gloucestershire: Gloster Landfill, 1st winter.

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    1995:    Isles of Scilly: Bryher.

Dowitcher Ssp    1959:    Cheshire: Frodsham.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2004:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco, 1st winter male.

Fea's/ Zino's/ Desertas Petrel    2024:    At Sea: from RMV Scillonian III bound for the Isles of Scilly.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2022:    Shetland: Scousburgh, 1st winter. 🖐🏻

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    2024:    Kent: Sandwich Bay, 1st winter.

Northern Long-tailed Tit    2005:    Yorkshire: Easington, two.

Steppe Grey Shrike    1964:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter. 🖐🏻

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    2003:    Yorkshire: Easington, female.

Semipalmated/ Western Sandpiper    1973:    Somerset: Sutton Bingham Reservoir.

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