Thursday, 1 October 2026

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 2nd:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift    1960:    Somerset: Portishead.
American Pipit    2021:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda.
Aquatic Warbler    1976:    Devon: Dawlish Warren.
Arctic Warbler    2012:    Shetland: Wester Lother, Fair Isle.

Baikal Teal    2010:    Essex: Chigborough Lakes, juvenile male.

Baikal Teal - Adrian Kettle

Baillon's Crake    1912:    Yorkshire: East Harsley, near Northallerton.
Baird's Sandpiper    2016:    Cornwall: Davidstow Airfield, juvenile.
Baltimore Oriole    1958:    Devon: Lundy, immature female.
Belted Kingfisher    1979:    Cornwall: Sladesbridge, 1st winter male.
Black Kite    1990:    Cornwall: Buryas Bridge.
Black-and-white Warbler    2019:    Isles of Scilly: Vineyard, St Martin's, 1st winter male/ adult female.
Black-headed Bunting    1988:    Gwynedd: Bardsey, male.
Blackpoll Warbler    1984:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes.
Black-throated Thrush    2010:    Highland: Melvich, adult female.
Black-winged Pratincole    1992:    Cornwall: Davidstow Airfield, 1st winter.
Blyth's Pipit    2015:    Norfolk: Stiffkey, 1st winter.
Blyth's Reed Warbler    2009:    Shetland: Lower Voe, 1st winter.
Bonaparte's Gull    2000:    Angus: Lunan Bay, adult.
Booted Warbler    2003:    County Durham: Whitburn.

Canada Goose    2019:    Lothian: Aberlady Bay, adult.
Citrine Wagtail    2010:    Shetland: Out Skerries, 1st winter.
Cliff Swallow    2017:    Isles of Scilly: Great Pool, Tresco, juvenile.

Cliff Swallow - Ian Williams

Common Yellowthroat    1984:    Isles of Scilly: Bryher, 1st winter male.
Cream-coloured Courser    1886:    Ceredigion: Ynyslas, Dyfi Estuary.
Crested Lark    1996:    Suffolk: Landguard.

Dusky Warbler    1992:    Shetland: Whalsay, 1st winter.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail    2022:    Shetland: Brae.
Eyebrowed Thrush    2020:    Orkney: Waterhouse, North Ronaldsay, 1st winter.

Eyebrowed Thrush - George Gay

Ferruginous Duck    1993:    Pembrokeshire: Lleithyr Reservoir, male.

Glossy Ibis    2009:    Wiltshire: Dean Valley.
Great Snipe    2020:    Lincolnshire: Sandilands.
Greater Spotted Eagle    1872:    Berkshire: Wokingham.

Isabelline Wheatear    2019:    Conwy: Llandudno.

Kentish Plover    2020:    Dorset: Ferrybridge, juvenile.

Lanceolated Warbler    2022:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.
Laughing Gull     2001:    Cheshire: West Kirby, 1st winter.
Little Bittern    1912:    Northamptonshire: Naseby, adult male.
Long-billed Dowitcher    2022:    Cornwall: Hayle Estuary, juvenile.

Nutcracker    1968:    E. Sussex: Beachy Head.

Olive-backed Pipit    2011:    Shetland: Law Lane/ Helendale, Lerwick.

Pacific Golden Plover    2000:    Shetland: Fair Isle, juvenile.
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    2008:    Shetland: Punds, Foula.
Pallid Harrier    2023:    Wiltshire: Morgan's Hill, Calne, juvenile male.
Pallid Swift    2011:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head.
Pechora Pipit    2016:    Shetland: Shirva, Fair Isle.
Pied Wheatear    1998:    Yorkshire: Spurn, male.

Red-breasted Goose    1991:    Dumfries & Galloway: Caerlaverock, 1st winter.
Red-eyed Vireo    2023:    Yorkshire: Spurn, 1st winter.

Red-eyed Vireo - Ian Howard

Red-flanked Bluetail    2016:    Shetland: Dog Geo, Fair Isle, 1st winter male.
Red-footed Falcon    1987:    Suffolk: Cavenham Heath, immature male.
Red-headed Bunting ●    2010:    Shetland: Housay, Out Skerries.

● UK first record: A 1st winter male spent seven days at Housay, Out Skerries, Shetland from October 2nd - 8th 2010.

Red-headed Bunting - Stephen Dunstan

Red-rumped Swallow    1990:    Essex: Hadleigh.
Red-throated Pipit ●    2016:    Shetland: Shirva, Fair Isle.

● UK first record: An immature female was present on Fair Isle, Shetland for two days where it was both seen and heard on October 2nd 1908 and 'obtained' on October 3rd 1908. It is now held at The National Museum of Scotland.

Red-throated Pipit from Sumburgh, Shetland - May 2026 - Andrew Russell

Roller    1983:    Lincolnshire: near Woodhall Spa, 1st winter.
Ross's Gull    1997:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, 1st winter.
Rufous-tailed Robin    2010:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, 1st winter.
Rustic Bunting    2000:    Norfolk: Stiffkey.

Sandhill Crane    2011:    Suffolk: Kessingland, adult.
Sardinian Warbler    2003:    Lincolnshire: Skegness, male.
Semipalmated Sandpiper    2024:    Devon: Dawlish Warren, juvenile.
Siberian Blue Robin    2001:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, 1st winter male.
Siberian Stonechat    2023:    Shetland: Hamnavoe/ Lunna Ness, 1st winter male.
Solitary Sandpiper    2011:    Lancashire: Humblescough Farm, Nateby, juvenile.
Sora    2016:    Isles of Scilly: Great Pool, Tresco, juvenile.
Swainson's Thrush    2012:    Western Isles: Northbay House, Morgan, Barra, 1st winter.

Tawny Pipit    1982:    Somerset: Chew Valley Lake.
Thrush Nightingale    1965:    Northumberland: Low Hauxley, 1st winter.
Two-barred Greenish Warbler    2024:    Yorkshire: Whitestone Point, Whitby, 1st winter.

Veery    2009:    Shetland: Whalsay, 1st winter.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    1996:    Suffolk: Landguard, 1st winter.
White-crowned Sparrow     1995:    Lancashire: Seaforth, 1st winter.
White's Thrush    2013:    Isles of Scilly: Covean, St Agnes.
White-winged Black Tern    2003:    Norfolk: Snettisham, juvenile/ 1st winter.
Wilson's Petrel    1999:    Somerset: Burnham-on-Sea.
Wilson's Phalarope    2010:    Norfolk: Welney, 1st winter.

Yellow Warbler    2004:    Western Isles: Brevig, Barra, 1st winter.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo    2019:    E. Sussex: Seaford, adult.
Yellow-breasted Bunting    2000:    Shetland: Skelberry, female/ juvenile male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

American Horned Lark ●    2001:    Isles of Scilly: Periglis, St. Agnes.

● UK first record: One spent thirty days on the Isles of Scilly in 2001. It was first found at Periglis, St. Agnes on October 2nd 2001 then commuted between St. Agnes and Tresco until October 31st 2001.

American Horned Lark from Staines Reservoir, Surry - April 2018 - Andrew Brown

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    2000:    Shetland: Foula.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2010:    Cornwall: Nanquidno Valley, 1st winter male.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2022:    Shetland: Gulberwick, 1st winter.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    2018:    Western Isles: Traigh Sgurabhal, Barra, juvenile.

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Every effort is made to use a photograph of the bird in question and the records listed above cover the period up to the end of 2024.


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