Tuesday, 27 October 2026

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 27th:

DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENTLY ACCEPTED:

Alpine Accentor    2022:    Suffolk: Slaughden, Aldeburgh.

Alpine Accentor - David Mattocks

Alpine Swift    1972:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.
American Bittern    1882:    Yorkshire: Harlsey Hall, Welbury, near Northallerton, female.
Asian Desert Warbler    1991:    Isle of Wight: Bembridge. 🖐🏻

Black Duck    1976:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco, two.
Black Scoter    2001:    Moray: Burghead Bay, male.
Black-billed Cuckoo 🔴     1932:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco.

🔴 An immature was picked up dead after hitting wall on Tresco, Isles of Scilly on October 27th 1932. It is now held at the Isles of Scilly Museum.

Black-billed Cuckoo from Bayhead, Western Isles - May 2016 - Graham Jepson

Black-browed Albatross    2008:    Argyll & Bute: Machrihanish, adult.
Blackpoll Warbler    1995:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.
Black-throated Thrush    2009:    Devon: Scorriton Down, 1st winter male.
Blyth's Pipit    2007:    Shetland: Boini Mire, Fair Isle, 1st winter. 🖐🏻
Bobolink    2001:    Yorkshire: Long Bank, Easington.
Bonaparte's Gull    2023:    Highland: Bayfield, Portree, adult.

Canada Goose    2012:    Cumbria: Cardurnock.
Common Nighthawk    1999:    Ceredigion: Mwnt, juvenile.

Dark-eyed Junco    2022:    Hampshire: Farnborough.
Dusky Warbler    2003:    Norfolk: Waxham.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail    2020:    Highland: Kildonan, Eigg, 1st winter. 🔊
Eyebrowed Thrush    1987:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, 1st winter.

Ferruginous Duck    1963:    Kent: Ruxley GPs, near Sidcup, female/ immature.

Glossy Ibis    2011:    Kent: Stodmarsh, two 1st winters.
Green Heron 🔴    1889:    Cornwall: St Austell.

🔴 An immature was 'obtained' at Penrice, near St Austell, Cornwall on October 27th 1889. It is now held at the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro.

Green Heron from Narberth, Pembrokeshire - May 2018 - David Aitken

Greenish Warbler    2005:    Isles of Scilly: St Martin's.
Grey-cheeked Thrush    1986:    Isles of Scilly: Bryher.

Hume's Warbler    2015:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head.

Isabelline Wheatear    2016:    Cambridgeshire: Coveney Byall Fen, 1st winter.

King Eider    2023:    Western Isles: Butt of Lewis, Lewis, male.

Lesser Scaup    2023:    Devon: The Skern, Northam Burrows, male.
Little Bittern    1867:    Oxfordshire: R. Cherwell, near Banbury.

Nutcracker    1971:    Suffolk: Lowestoft.

Olive-backed Pipit    2012:    Yorkshire: Sammy's Point, Easington, two.

Paddyfield Warbler    1988:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco.
Pallid Swift    2023:    Suffolk: Corton.
Pechora Pipit    1994:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco.
Penduline Tit    2005:    Kent: Pegwell Bay, Thanet, juvenile.
Pied Wheatear    1997:    Lancashire: Seaforth, male.
Pine Bunting    1988:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, male. 🖐🏻

Radde's Warbler    2004:    Suffolk: Landguard Point.
Red-breasted Goose    2006:    Yorkshire: Spurn, two adults.
Red-eyed Vireo    2024:    Dorset: Durlston, Swanage, 1st winter. 🖐🏻

Red-eyed Vireo - Jim Hutchins

Red-flanked Bluetail    2003:    Norfolk: Caister-on-Sea, female/ 1st winter.
Red-throated Pipit    2017:    Isles of Scilly: Garrison, St Mary's.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak    1985:    Devon: Lundy, 1st winter female. 🖐🏻
Rustic Bunting    2019:    Isles of Scilly: Heliport, Tresco.

Sardinian Warbler    1990:    Yorkshire: Scarborough.
Short-toed Treecreeper    2015:    E. Sussex: Beachy Head.
Snowy Owl    1996:    Orkney: Keelylang Hill, male.
Spotted Sandpiper    2010:    Isles of Scilly: Periglis, St Agnes, adult.
Stilt Sandpiper    2023:    Dumfries & Galloway: Crook of Baldoon, juvenile.

Stilt Sandpiper - Chris Baines

Swainson's Thrush    1976:    Kent: Sandwich Bay. 🖐🏻

Two-barred Crossbill    2008:    Yorkshire: Bilsdale, male.
Two-barred Greenish Warbler    2023:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head, 1st winter.

Two-barred Greenish Warbler - Brian Needham

Western Bonelli's Warbler    1991:    Kent: Minnis Bay.
White-rumped Sandpiper    2005:    Oxfordshire: Radley Ash Lagoons, juvenile.
White-winged Black Tern    1968:    Berkshire: Theale GP, adult.
White-winged Scoter    2024:    Angus: Corbie Knowe, Lunan Bay, adult male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Black-bellied Dipper    2020:    Shetland: Burn of Aith, Fetlar, 1st winter.
Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    1977:    Kent: Dungeness. 🖐🏻

Couse's Arctic Redpoll    2023:    Orkney: Shooting Gallery, North Ronaldsay, 1st winter.

Eastern Black Redstart    2016:    Cleveland: Skinningrove, 1st winter male.
Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2022:    Northumberland: Budle, 1st winter male.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    2016:    Essex: The Hythe, juvenile.

Northern Long-tailed Tit    2019:    Norfolk: Upton Marshes.

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    2001:    Norfolk: Wells Wood, 1st winter male.

Turkestan Lesser Whitethroat    2018:    Yorkshire: Kilnsea, 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.

LEGEND:
🔴    1st British Record
📹    Video
🧬    DNA Sampled
🖐🏻    Trapped/ Processed
🔊    Sound Recording

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RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 27th:

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