RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 3rd:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift    1992:    Kent: Foreness.

American Pipit    2008:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.

Aquatic Warbler    2015:    Cornwall: Lizard, juvenile.

Arctic Warbler    1992:    Shetland: Scalloway.

Baillon's Crake    1874:    Essex: Dagenham Gulf.

Baird's Sandpiper    2018:    Moray: Findhorn Bay, juvenile.

Black Kite    1998:    Devon: East Prawle.

Black Scoter    2005:    Gwynedd: Llanfairfechan, adult male.

Black-headed Bunting    1995:    Shetland: Cunningsburgh, 1st winter.

Black-throated Thrush    2016:    Shetland: Housay, Out Skerries, 1st winter female.

Black-winged Stilt    1962:    Hampshire: Dadenham Creek, Burlesdon.

Blyth's Reed Warbler    2013:    Devon: St John's Valley, Lundy, 1st winter.

Booted Warbler    2020:    Suffolk: Sizewell.

Brown Booby    2024:    E. Sussex: Ovingdean, 1st winter.

Brown Flycatcher    2007:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head, adult.

Brown Flycatcher - Robert Brown

Cackling Goose    2020:    Argyll & Bute: Islay, two adults.

Calandra Lark    2004:    Yorkshire: Spurn.

Cedar Waxwing    2017:    Isles of Scilly: Browarth Fields, St Agnes, juvenile.

Citrine Wagtail    2010:    Shetland: Sandwick, 1st winter.

Common Rosefinch ●    1906:    Shetland, Fair isle.

● UK first record: A 1st winter male was collected from a potato crop on Fair Isle, Shetland on October 3rd 1906.

Common Rosefinch - Patrick J O'Keeffe

Cream-coloured Courser    1934:    Norfolk: Thornham, juvenile.

Dusky Warbler    1993:    Shetland: Voe.

Eastern Crowned Warbler    2024:    Shetland: Turriefield, Sandness.

Eastern Crowned Warbler - Penny Clarke

Eastern Yellow Wagtail    2020:    Gwynedd: Bardsey, 1st winter.

Eleonora's Falcon    2003:    Suffolk: Reydon, adult.

Ferruginous Duck    1999:    Derbyshire: Carsington Water, 1st winter male.

Glossy Ibis    2009:    Yorkshire: Spurn.

Great Reed Warbler    1993:    Northumberland: Bamburgh, adult.

Great Snipe    1952:    Lincolnshire: Rothwell, near Caister.

Gyr Falcon    2009:    At sea: Sea area Fair Isle, Clair oil platform, c.55km west of Shetland, immature.

Isabelline Wheatear    2007:    Isles of Scilly: Peninnis Head, St Mary's.

King Eider    2002:    Dumfries & Galloway: Kirkcolm Point, Loch Ryan, 1st summer male.

Lanceolated Warbler    2024:    Shetland: Haa, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Lesser Scaup    2004:    Cheshire: Sandbach Flashes, male.

Lesser Yellowlegs    2018:    Suffolk: Shingle Street/ Holles, juvenile.

Little Bittern    1930:    Isle of Wight: Withheld.

Marsh Sandpiper    1982:    Somerset: Chew Valley Lake, adult.

Masked Shrike    2020:    Cleveland: Hartlepool Headland, 1st winter.

Masked Shrike - Martin Sidwell

Northern Parula    1985:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, male.

Northern Waterthrush    1968:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco.

Nutcracker    1968:    Berkshire: Pangbourne, two.

Olive-backed Pipit    2011:    Shetland: Channerwick.

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    2024:    Orkney: Holland House, North Ronaldsay, 1st winter.

Pallas's Sandgrouse     1863:    Norfolk: Lynn Point, three males.

Pallid Harrier    2023:    Kent: Dungeness, juvenile male.

Pechora Pipit    2022:    Shetland: Hillswick.

Pied Wheatear     2015:    Yorkshire: Spurn, 1st winter male.

Radde's Warbler    2005:    Kent: Bockhill, St Margaret's.

Red-breasted Goose    2013:    W. Sussex: Chichester Harbour, adult.

Red-throated Pipit    2020:    Kent: Sandwich Bay.

River Warbler    2006:    Shetland: Foula.

Ross's Goose    2004:    Norfolk: Waxham, adult.

Rüppell's Warbler Warbler    1990:    Shetland: Whalsay, male.

Rustic Bunting    2024:    Yorkshire: Thornwick Camp, Flamborough.

Siberian Rubythroat    2014:    Shetland: Levenwick, male.

Siberian Rubythroat - Rebecca Nason

Siberian Stonechat    2024:    Cleveland: Marske-by-the-Sea, 1st winter female.

Squacco Heron    2010:    Pembrokeshire: Angle Bay, juvenile.

Swainson's Thrush    2016:    Shetland: Aith, Fetlar.

Tawny Pipit    1982:    Dorset: Portland BO.

Thrush Nightingale     1976:    Shetland: Whalsay.

Upland Sandpiper    2006:    Western Isles: Liniclate, Benbecula.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2021:    Shetland: Easter Quarff.

White-rumped Sandpiper    2005:    Lothian: Bavelaw Reservoir, juvenile.

White's Thrush    2016:    Orkney: Kirkwall, 1st winter.

White-winged Black Tern    1984:    W. Sussex: Chichester GP, juvenile.

Wilson's Phalarope    2017:    Kent: Oare Marshes, 1st winter.

Wilson's Snipe    2007:    Isles of Scilly: Lower Moors, St Mary's, 1st winter.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    1953:    Highland: Isle-of-Muck, Inner Hebrides, immature male.

Yellow-breasted Bunting    1984:    Kent: Margate, female/ juvenile male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

American Black Tern    2011:    Yorkshire: Spurn, juvenile.

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2014:    Yorkshire: Lakeside, Doncaster, adult.

Coues's Arctic Redpoll    2019:    Shetland: Inner Skaw, Unst.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2024:    Norfolk: Blakeney Point.

Isabelline Shrike Ssp    2024:    Yorkshire: Bempton Cliffs, 1st winter.

Lesser Golden Plover Ssp    1992:    Argyll & Bute: Traig nam Barc, Tiree, adult.

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Records listed above cover the period up to the end of 2024.

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