RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 19th:

DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENTLY ACCEPTED:

Alpine Swift    1984:    Aberdeenshire: Greg Ness.

American Bittern    1946:    Pembrokeshire: Ramsey Island.

Aquatic Warbler 🔴    1853:    E. Sussex: Hove.

🔴 An adult was shot when it was seen creeping through old grass and reeds at an old brick-pit just west of Hove, near Brighton, E. Sussex on October 19th 1853. It is now held at The Booth Museum, Brighton.

Aquatic Warbler from Upper Beeding, W. Sussex - September 2023 - Mark Leitch

Arctic Warbler    1997:    Yorkshire: Whitby.

Asian Desert Warbler    1992:    Devon: Mount Gould, Plymouth.

Baird's Sandpiper    2012:    Western Isles: Northton, Harris, juvenile.

Black Kite    1976:    Powys: Llangorse Lake.

Black-billed Cuckoo    1967:    Devon: Lundy, 1st year female.

Black-browed Albatross    1967:    Yorkshire: Filey Brigg.

Black-faced Bunting    2024:    Orkney: Observatory, North Ronaldsay, 1st winter. 🖐🏻🔊🧬

Blackpoll Warbler    1975:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.

Black-throated Thrush    2002:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, 1st winter male.

Blue-winged Teal    2019:    Devon: Mansands, 1st winter male.

Canada Goose    2022:    Lothian: Skateraw, adult.

Chestnut Bunting 🔴   2015:    Orkney: Holland, Papa Westray.

🔴 A 1st calendar male was flushed from a garden at Holland, Papa Westray, Orkney on October 19th 2015. It was later relocated on October 24th 2015 along the track to the Knap of Howar.

Chestnut Bunting - Julian Branscombe

Collared Pratincole    1871:    Yorkshire: Ruswarp/ Whitby, male.

Common Nighthawk    2019:    London: Bushy Park, adult male.

Common Nighthawk - Lewis Newman

Dusky Warbler    2005:    Cleveland: Boulby Cliffs. 🖐🏻

Franklin's Gull    2014:    Hampshire: Ibsley Water, Blashford Lakes, adult/ 2nd winter.

Glossy Ibis    2012:    Devon: Aveton Gifford.

Green Heron    2008:    Kent: West Hythe, 1st winter.

Hume's Warbler    2021:    Shetland: Boddam.

Isabelline Wheatear    2024:    Aberdeenshire: Mains of Collieston.

King Eider    1978:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, male.

Lesser Scaup    2008:    Clyde: Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow, two males.

Lesser Yellowlegs    2003:    Pembrokeshire: Gann Estuary, Dale, juvenile.

Little Bittern    2009:    Leicestershire: Cossington Meadows, juvenile.

Little Bustard    1894:    Somerset: near Drayton, immature female.

Long-billed Dowitcher    2022:    Norfolk: Cley. 📹

Northern Harrier    2013:    Cambridgeshire: Ouse Washes, juvenile female.

Nutcracker    1954:    Gwent: St Julian's Wood, Newport.

Pacific Golden Plover    2013:    Norfolk: Breydon Water, adult.

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    2015:    Shetland: Wirvie Burn, Fair Isle, juvenile.

Pallid Harrier    2023:    Devon: Lundy, juvenile.

Pechora Pipit    2022:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.

Penduline Tit    1996:    Kent: Dungeness, male.

Pied Wheatear 🔴    2009:    Suffolk: Shingle Street, female.

🔴 On October 19th 1909 a 1st winter male was shot on the Isle of May, Fife. It is now held at The National Museums of Scotland.

Pied Wheatear from Whitley Bay, Northumberland - November 2022 - Gill O'Neil

Pine Bunting    1987:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, 1st winter male. 🖐🏻

Red-breasted Goose    2022:    Essex: Frinton-on-Sea, adult.

Red-eyed Vireo    2018:    Devon: Lundy, juvenile.

Red-flanked Bluetail    2010:    Isles of Scilly: Middle Town, St Martin's, 1st winter.

Red-footed Falcon    1985:    Devon: Soar, 2nd year.

Red-headed Bunting    2023:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head, 1st winter male.

Red-headed Bunting - Andy Hood

Red-rumped Swallow    1987:    Isles of Scilly: Bryher, four.

Red-throated Pipit    2018:    Isles of Scilly: Trewince Lane/ Sunnyside Farm, St Mary's.

Roller    1874:    Denbighshire: Abergele.

Short-toed Treecreeper    1988:    Kent: Sandwich Bay. 🖐🏻

Siberian Rubythroat    1997:    Dorset: Osmington Mills, 1st winter male.

Siberian Stonechat    2023:    Yorkshire: Northcliff Marsh, Flamborough, female. 📹

Sociable Lapwing    1987:    Cornwall: Davidstow Airfield, 1st winter.

Sora    2013:    Isles of Scilly: Lower Moors, St Mary's.

Taiga Flycatcher 🔴    1976:    Yorkshire: Spurn. 🖐🏻

🔴 A 1st calendar year was processed at Spurn, Yorkshire on October 19th 1976. Originally logged as a Red-breasted Flycatcher it was only after several decades that a digital scan of an old slide was posted on social media, leading experts to re-identify the dark bill, cold tones, and jet-black upper tail-coverts as Taiga Flycatcher.

Taiga Flycatcher from Flamborough, Yorkshire - November 2021 - Jack Morris

Tawny Pipit    1969:    Norfolk: Salthouse.

Upland Sandpiper    1961:    Pembrokeshire: Skomer.

White-billed Diver    2002:    Shetland: Kirkabister, Nesting.

White's Thrush    2021:    Shetland: Bruray, Out Skerries.

White's Thrush - Stephen Dunstan

White-throated Sparrow    1968:    E. Sussex: Beachy Head, immature.

White-winged Black Tern    1997:    Norfolk: Sheringham, adult.

White-winged Scoter    2024:    Northumberland: Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, adult male.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    1995:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.

Yellow-browed Bunting 🔴    1994:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.

🔴 A female/ 1st winter male was discovered at Wells-next-the-Sea/ Holkham Meals, Norfolk on October 19th 1975. The sighting was initially rejected based to the extreme rarity of the species and potential confusion with other buntings. Upon reconsideration, triggered by a well-documented record from Fair Isle in 1980, the sighting was eventually accepted.

Yellow-browed Bunting - Mike Parker

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Albatross Ssp    1986:    Isles of Scilly: from Giant's Castle, St Mary's.

Amur Stonechat    2018:    Norfolk: Salthouse, 1st winter male. 🧬

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2011:    Leicestershire: Rutland Water, adult.

Black-bellied Dipper    2014:    Yorkshire: Harpham.

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    1990:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.

Booted/ Sykes's Warbler    2019:    Wiltshire: Salisbury Plain, 1st winter. 🖐🏻

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2021:    Orkney: Mussetter, Eday.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2012:    Orkney: Holland, North Ronaldsay.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    2024:    Dorset: Gillingham, 1st winter.

Northern Treecreeper    2023:    Shetland: Valyie, Norwick, Unst, 1st winter.

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    2001:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, 1st winter.

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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

📹    Video

🧬    DNA Sampled

🖐🏻    Trapped/ Processed

🔊    Sound Recording