RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 21st:

DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENTLY ACCEPTED:

Alpine Swift    1968:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.

American Redstart 🔴    1967:    Cornwall: Porthgwarra.

🔴 A 1st winter male was found at Porthgwarra, Cornwall on October 21st 1967.

1st winter female American Redstart from Eoligarry, Western Isles - September 2017 - Will Soar

Arctic Warbler    2012:    Shetland: Ronas Voe, 1st winter.

Black-billed Cuckoo    1982:    Devon: Barnstaple, 1st winter. 🖐🏻

Black-throated Thrush    2005:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter female.

Blyth's Pipit    2006:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Blyth's Reed Warbler    2012:    Highland: Longman Landfill, Inverness, 1st winter. 🖐🏻

Bobolink    2008:    Isles of Scilly: Castella Down, St Agnes.

Bonaparte's Gull    2012:    Devon: Dawlish Warren, adult.

Bridled Tern    2014:    Cornwall: Pendeen Watch, adult.

Brown Shrike    2018:    Norfolk: Weybourne Camp, juvenile.

Chimney Swift 🔴    1982:    Cornwall: Porthgwarra.

🔴 One was present for seven days at Porthgwarra, Cornwall from October 21st - 27th 1982 with two seen from October 23rd - 25th 1982. They represent the first British and Western Palearctic records.

Chimney Swift from Loch Stiapabhat, Western Isles - October 2014 - Nick Davis

Citrine Wagtail    1995:    Western Isles: St Kilda.

Desert Wheatear    2006:    Aberdeenshire: Meikle Loch, Slains, female/ 1st winter male.

Dusky Thrush    2022:    Lothian: Pitcox, 1st winter male. 🖐🏻

Dusky Warbler    2004:    Yorkshire: Castle Hill, Scarborough.

Eyebrowed Thrush    1990:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco, female/ 1st winter male.

Ferruginous Duck    1987:    Ayrshire: North Craig Reservoir, Kilmarnock, 1st year male.

Franklin's Gull    1994:    Cornwall: Hayle, adult.

Glossy Ibis    2011:    Hampshire: Titchfield Haven.

Great Snipe    1973:    Isles of Scilly: St Martin's.

Great Spotted Cuckoo    1977:    Norfolk: Cley/ Salthouse, juvenile.

Grey-cheeked Thrush    1986:    Cornwall: Bosigran Castle.

Hume's Warbler    2003:    Norfolk: Wells-next-the-Sea.

Isabelline Wheatear    2016:    Suffolk: Sizewell, 1st winter.

Killdeer    1982:    Isles of Scilly: St Martin's, juvenile.

Laughing Gull    1997:    Lincolnshire: Cleethorpes, adult.

Lesser Yellowlegs    2018:    Borders: Teviot Haughs, juvenile.

Little Bittern    1866:    Aberdeenshire: Aberdeen Harbour.

Long-billed Dowitcher    2022:    Cheshire: Burton Mere Wetlands, 1st winter.

Nutcracker    1968:    Dorset: Tollard Royal.

Olive-backed Pipit    2012:    Kent: R. Wantsum, Coldharbour.

Pacific Golden Plover    2022:    Northumberland: Holy Island, adult.

Paddyfield Warbler    2013:    Orkney: Muddisdale, Kirkwall.

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler 🔴    2016: Isles of Scilly: Lighthouse, St Agnes.

🔴 A male was picked-up dead at the base of the Lighthouse, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly on October 21st 2016. 🧬

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler from Bempton, Yorkshire - October 2024 - Frank Golding

Pale-legged Leaf or Sakhalin Warbler from Portland, Dorset - October 2012 - PT Saunders

This Pale-legged Leaf Warbler or Sakhalin Leaf Warbler was photographed at Southwell, Portland, Dorset on October 22nd 2012.

Pallid Swift    2023:    Norfolk: West Runton.

Pallid Swift - Tim Hemmings

Penduline Tit    2010:    London: Rainham Marshes, two.

Pied Wheatear    1999:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, 1st winter male. 🖐🏻

Pine Bunting    2016:    Shetland: Brake, male.

Radde's Warbler    2003:    Dorset: Hengistbury Head.

Red-breasted Goose    2012:    Argyll & Bute: Kilchoman, Loch Gorm/ Gruinart, Islay, adult.

Red-eyed Vireo    2000:    Western Isles: Stornoway, Lewis.

Red-flanked Bluetail    2016:    Isles of Scilly: Innisidgen, St Mary's, 1st winter.

Red-footed Falcon    1982:    Dorset: Portland, juvenile.

Red-rumped Swallow    2003:    Pembrokeshire: Skokholm, 1st winter.

Red-throated Pipit    2020:    Shetland: Midway, Fair Isle.

Roller    1885:    Norfolk: Felthorpe, adult female.

Siberian Rubythroat    2013:    Shetland: Upper Stonybreck, Fair Isle, 1st winter male.

Siberian Rubythroat - Ian Court

Spanish Sparrow    1972:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, male.

Spotted Sandpiper    2015:    Isles of Scilly: Great Pool, Tresco, juvenile.

Swainson's Thrush    2011:    Orkney: Kirbuster, 1st winter.

Tawny Pipit    1977:    Norfolk: Cley-next-the-Sea.

Upland Sandpiper    1995:    Cornwall: Polgigga.

Whiskered Tern    1999:    Cornwall: Hayle, 1st winter.

White-billed Diver    1979:    Shetland: near Hascosay, adult.

White's Thrush    2007:    Yorkshire: Thorngumbald, Hull.

Wilson's Phalarope    1997:    Gwynedd: Llanfairfechan, 1st winter.

Wilson's Snipe    2007:    Isles of Scilly: Lower Moors, St Mary's, three juvenile/ 1st winters.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Arctic Redpoll Ssp    2023:    Shetland: South Ness, Foula.

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2014:    Northamptonshire: Stanwick GP, adult.

Black-bellied Dipper    1962:    Yorkshire: Spurn.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2016:    Cornwall: Cape Cornwall.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    1999:    County Durham: Marsden, 1st winter.

Northern Treecreeper    2023:    Shetland: Helendale, Lerwick.

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    1968:    Yorkshire: Spurn, 1st winter female. 🖐🏻

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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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