RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 26th:

DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENTLY ACCEPTED:

American Bittern    2010:    Cornwall: Trewey Common.

American Pipit    2024:    Shetland: Rerwick.

American Robin    2018:    Devon: Lundy.

Arctic Warbler    1994:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Black-browed Albatross    1974:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head.

Black-faced Bunting    2024:    Glamorgan: Oxwich, Gower, 1st winter. 🖐🏻

Blackpoll Warbler    1996:    Western Isles: Stornoway, Lewis.

Booted Eagle    1999:    Cornwall: Porthgwarra, 2nd winter.

Bufflehead    2011:    Cornwall: Housel Bay, Lizard/ Loe Pool, juvenile male.

Bufflehead - Mike Barker

Cackling Goose    2011:    Argyll & Bute: Balephetrish/ Kenovay/ Cornaigmore, Tiree.

Cliff Swallow    2001:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, 1st winter.

Desert Wheatear    2003:    Devon: Lundy, 1st winter male. 🖐🏻

Dusky Thrush    2016:    Isles of Scilly: Peninnis, St Mary's, adult female/ 1st winter male.

Dusky Warbler    1999:    Cleveland: Locke Park, Redcar.

Franklin's Gull    2016:    Cornwall: Hayle Estuary, adult.

Franklin's Gull - Reuben Veal

Glossy Ibis    1975:    Cornwall: Marazion Marsh/ Hayle Estuary.

Great Snipe    1958:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.

Grey-cheeked Thrush    2023:    Isles of Scilly: Lower Moors/ Rocky Hill Lane, St Mary's, 1st winter.

Grey-cheeked Thrush - Kris Webb

Hooded Merganser    2008:    Fife: Tayport, female.

Hooded Merganser - William McBay

Hume's Warbler    2023:    Yorkshire: Long Lane, Filey.

Lanceolated Warbler    2004:    Shetland: East Ham, Bressay.

Laughing Gull    2007:    Cambridgeshire: Fidwell Fen, 1st winter.

Lesser Grey Shrike    1988:    Argyll & Bute: Coll, 1st winter.

Lesser Scaup    2008:    Nottinghamshire: Holme Pierrepont, adult male.

Lesser Yellowlegs    1999:    Orkney: Birsay Bay.

Nutcracker    1968:    Northamptonshire: Moulton.

Olive-backed Pipit    2011:    Yorkshire: Filey, two.

Paddyfield Warbler    1999:    Essex: Seventy Acres Pit, Cheshunt GP, 1st winter.

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    1985:    Northumberland: Farne Islands.

Pallid Harrier    2017:    Dorset: Charmouth, juvenile.

Pallid Swift    2023:    Kent: Bockhill/ Kingsdown/ Deal.

Penduline Tit    2013:    Kent: Dungeness, juvenile.

Pied Wheatear    2023:    Shetland: Burrafirth, Unst, 1st winter female.

Pine Bunting    2016:    Dorset: Portland BO, 1st winter female. 🖐🏻

Radde's Warbler    1994:    W. Sussex: Worthing.

Red-eyed Vireo    2024:    Anglesey: Holyhead Breakwater, 1st winter.

Red-flanked Bluetail    1994:    Suffolk: Landguard, adult male. 🖐🏻

Red-rumped Swallow    2001:    Devon: Lundy.

Red-throated Pipit    2017:    Devon: Lundy. 🔊

Roller    2001:    Pembrokeshire: Skokholm, 1st winter.

Rustic Bunting    1962:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes

Short-toed Treecreeper    1970:    Yorkshire: Hornsea Mere. 🖐🏻

Siberian Accentor    2016:    Shetland: South Dale, Fetlar.

Siberian Rubythroat    2006:    County Durham: Fulwell, Sunderland, 1st winter female.

Snowy Owl    1907:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Sora    1985:    W. Sussex: Pagham Lagoon.

Spotted Sandpiper    1980:    Gwent: Peterstone Wentlooge, 1st winter.

Swainson's Thrush    2004:    Isles of Scilly: Gugh.

Tawny Pipit    1976:    Norfolk: West Runton.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2002:    Cornwall: Land's End. 📹

White-winged Black Tern    1976:    Kent: Bough Beech Reservoir, immature.

White-winged Scoter    2021:    Lothian: Musselburgh, adult male.

White-winged Scoter - Ian Andrews

Wilson's Phalarope    1988:    Essex: Abberton Reservoir.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    1870:    Ceredigion: Wallog, Aberystwyth, immature male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2015:    Lincolnshire: Marston, adult.

Black-bellied Dipper    2005:    Shetland: Wirvie, Fair Isle.

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    1977:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.

Caspian Stonechat    2023:    Cleveland: Hunley, Brotton, male. 🧬

Dark-breasted Barn Owl    2012:    At Sea: c. 60km south of Plymouth.

Eastern Black Redstart    2016:    Lincolnshire: Donna Nook, 1st winter male.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2016:    Lothian: John Muir CP, 1st winter male.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2012:    Norfolk: Holkham Meals, 1st winter.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    1991:    Yorkshire: Easington, 1st winter. 🖐🏻

Northern Treecreeper    2023:    Northumberland: Embleton Quarry.

Steppe Grey Shrike    1994:    Essex: Great Wakering, 1st winter.

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