Saturday, 3 October 2026

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 4th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift    1990:    Kent: St Margaret's.
American Pipit    2022:    Western Isles: Ruaival, Hirta, St Kilda.
American Redstart    1985:    Hampshire: Winchester College Water Meadows, 1st winter male.
Aquatic Warbler    1975:    E. Sussex: Filsham, 1st year.
Arctic Warbler    2015:    Yorkshire: Spurn BO, 1st winter.

Baltimore Oriole    1988:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, 1st winter male.
Black Duck    1999:    Cornwall: Stithians Reservoir, male.
Black Stork    1993:    Isle of Wight: Alum Bay.
Black-and-white Warbler    2023:    Cornwall: Nanjizal Valley, 1st winter female.
Black-headed Bunting    1951:    Devon: Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, male.
Blackpoll Warbler    2005:    Highland: Glasnakille, Strathaird Point, Skye, 1st winter.
Black-throated Thrush    2005:    Shetland: Geosetter, 1st winter female.
Blyth's Reed Warbler    2009:    Shetland: Southdale, Fetlar, 1st winter.
Booted Warbler    2024:    Orkney: Trolla, North Ronaldsay, 1st winter.
Broad-billed Sandpiper    2008:    Essex: Wallasea Wetlands, juvenile.

Cackling Goose    2008:    Dumfries & Galloway: Caerlaverock, adult.
Caspian Tern ●    1825:    Norfolk: Breydon Water.

● UK first record: An immature was shot at Breydon Water near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on October 4th 1825.

Caspian Tern from Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire - June 2026 - Jonathan Woodcock

Citrine Wagtail    2003:    Shetland: Foula.

Daurian Shrike    2013:    Cornwall: Pendeen Watch, adult male.
Dusky Warbler    1993:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda.

Eastern Crowned Warbler    2016:    Yorkshire: Bempton Cliffs, 1st winter.

Eastern Crowned Warbler - Craig Bell

Eastern Subalpine Warbler    2013:    Northumberland: near Druridge Pools, adult male.
Eastern Yellow Wagtail    2009:    Shetland: Burravoe, Yell, 1st winter.
Eyebrowed Thrush    1992:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Ferruginous Duck    1987:    Berkshire: Theale GP.

Glossy Ibis    2011:    Cornwall: Stithians Reservoir, 1st winter.
Great Reed Warbler    1998:    Kent: Dungeness.
Great Snipe    1993:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay.
Grey Catbird ●    2001:    Anglesey: South Stack.

● UK first record: One was present for three days at South Stack, Anglesey on October 4th - 5th 2001.

Grey Catbird from Land's End, Cornwall - October 2018 - Robert Dowley

Gull-billed Tern    2018:    Northumberland: Haughton Strother GP, two 1st winters.
Gyr Falcon    1976:   Highland: Loch Eye.

Isabelline Wheatear    2005:    Suffolk: Landguard Point.

King Eider    2008:    Shetland: Clift Sound, adult male.

Lanceolated Warbler    2024:    Shetland: Norwick, Unst, 1st winter.
Least Sandpiper    2011:    Isles of Scilly: South Beach/ Great Pool, Tresco, juvenile.
Lesser Grey Shrike    2020:    Northumberland: Holy Island, 1st winter.
Little Bittern    1977:    Glamorgan: Kenfig Pool.
Little Bustard    1998:    Shetland: Ringasta, Sumburgh, female.

Marsh Sandpiper    2000:    Highland: Dingwall Bay, 1st winter.

Nutcracker    1968:    Norfolk: Great Yarmouth.

Olive-backed Pipit    2011:    Shetland: Baltasound, Unst.

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    2009:    Western Isles: Hirta, St Kilda, juvenile.
Pallid Harrier    2020:    Yorkshire: Stanley Ferry Flash, Wakefield, 2nd winter male.
Pechora Pipit    2009:    Shetland: Brae.
Penduline Tit    2008:    E. Sussex: Pett Level, juvenile.
Pied-billed Grebe    2018:    Shetland: Loch of Spiggie, adult.

Pied-billed Grebe - Roger Riddington

Radde's Warbler    1992:    Shetland: Sumburgh, 1st winter.
Red-eyed Vireo ●    2021:    Shetland: Scatsta, 1st winter.

● UK first record: One was present on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly for fourteen days from October 4th - 17th 1962.

Red-eyed Vireo from St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly - October 2020 - Anthony Hull

Red-flanked Bluetail    2016:    Northumberland: Bamburgh.
Red-footed Falcon    1973:    Somerset: Barrow Gurney Reservoir, male.
Red-throated Pipit    2023:    Western Isles: Brevig, Barra.
Roller    1976:    Norfolk: Upton Fen.
Ross's Goose    2010:    Angus: Montrose Basin, adult.
Rustic Bunting    2020:    Orkney: Antabreck, North Ronaldsay, female.

Scarlet Tanager  ●   1970:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.

● UK first record: A 1st winter male was discovered at Porth Hellick, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly on October 4th 1970.

1st winter male Scarlet Tanager from Shelf, Halifax - November 2024 - Hazel Wiseman

Siberian Stonechat    2024:    Norfolk: Cromer, 1st winter.
Sociable Lapwing    1968:    Suffolk: Havergate Island.
Sooty Tern    1885:    Somerset: near Bath, adult.
Spotted Sandpiper    2011:    Western Isles: Loch Scolpaig, North Uist, juvenile.
Squacco Heron    2005:    Devon: Courtney Park, Newton Abbot.
Swainson's Thrush    2015:    Shetland: Baltasound, Unst, 1st winter.
Sykes's Warbler    2003:    Shetland: Baltasound, Unst.

Tawny Pipit    2024:    Isles of Scilly: Airport, St Mary's, 1st winter.
Tengmalm's Owl    1929:    County Durham: North Hylton.
Thick-billed Warbler    2013:    Shetland: Geosetter.

Thick-billed Warbler - Stuart Piner

Upland Sandpiper    1968:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's/ Tresco.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2021:    Shetland: Easter Skeld, 1st winter.
Western Sandpiper    2021:    Hampshire: Pennington Marsh.
White-rumped Sandpiper    2004:    Gloucestershire: Frampton-on-Severn, juvenile.
White's Thrush    2023:    Shetland: Gorie, Bressay, 1st winter.

White's Thrush - Penny Clarke

Wilson's Phalarope    1985:    Cornwall: Landulph Marsh, 1st winter.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    2009:    Perthshire: near Cromwell Park, Almondbank, immature male.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

American Black Tern    2019:    Dorset: Longham Lakes, juvenile.

American Black Tern - Nick Mudge

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2011:    Cambridgeshire: Grafham Water, adult.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2020:    Shetland: Burns, Foula.

Fea's/ Zino's/ Desertas Petrel    1996:    Pembrokeshire: Strumble Head.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2012:    Isles of Scilly: Back Lane, Tresco.

Steppe Grey Shrike     2020:    Suffolk: Benacre, 1st winter.

Turkestan Lesser Whitethroat    2016:    Yorkshire: Spurn, 1st winter.

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

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