RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 5th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Swift    2002:    Yorkshire: Fairburn Ings.

American Pipit    2013:    Shetland: Heddicliff, Foula.

Arctic Warbler    2013:    Isles of Scilly: Newford Pond, St Mary's.

Asian Desert Warbler    2024:    Norfolk: Winterton Dunes.

Asian Desert Warbler - Nick Wakeling

Asian Houbara    1892:    Cleveland: Windy Hill Farm, near Redcar, adult male.

Baltimore Oriole    2023:    Fife: Withheld, 1st winter female.

Barolo Shearwater    2023:    Cornwall: Pendeen Watch.

Black-and-white Warbler    1996:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's, 1st winter male.

Black-browed Albatross    2016:    Yorkshire: Filey/ Bempton/ Flamborough, immature.

Black-browed Albatross - David Carr

Blackburnian Warbler ●    1961:    Pembrokeshire: Skomer.

● UK first record: One (age and sex uncertain) was present on Skomer, Pembrokeshire on October 5th 1961. It also represents the first record for the Western Palearctic.

Blackburnian Warbler from Bryher, Isles of Scilly - November 2022 - Ian Williams

Black-headed Bunting    1954:    Shetland: Skaw, Whalsay, 1st winter male.

Black-throated Thrush    1974:    Shetland: Toab, adult female.

Black-winged Stilt    1958:    Clyde: near Erskine Ferry.

Blyth's Pipit    2014:    Isles of Scilly: Airfield, St Mary's, 1st winter.

Bonaparte's Gull    2016:    County Durham: Whitburn.

Booted Warbler    2004:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Broad-billed Sandpiper    1957:    Hampshire: Farlington Marsh, adult.

Brown Shrike    2016:    Orkney: Burness, Sanday, juvenile.

Cackling Goose    2000:    Angus: Hillhead, Latham.

Canada Goose    2017:    Northumberland: Holy Island.

Citrine Wagtail    2012:    Shetland: Gilsetter/ South Harbour, Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Desert Wheatear    2024:    Aberdeenshire: Inverallochy, male.

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler    2013:    Shetland: Hoswick.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail    2020:    Hampshire: Brownwich Cliffs, 1st winter.

Eyebrowed Thrush ●    2009:    Orkney: North Ronaldsay, 1st winter.

● UK first record: A 1st winter was present in a private garden at Oundle, Northamptonshire on October 5th 1964.

Eyebrowed Thrush from Gutcher, Shetland - June 2025 - Penny Clarke

Ferruginous Duck    2002:    Leicestershire: Swithland Reservoir, male.

Glossy Ibis    2012:    Wiltshire: Stonehenge, seven.

Great Reed Warbler    2012:    Shetland: Rerwick.

Great Snipe    2020:    Shetland: Scousburgh.

Greenish Warbler    1990:    Shetland: Whalsay, 1st winter.

Grey-cheeked Thrush ●    1953:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.

● UK first record: A 1st winter was trapped on Fair Isle, Shetland and was present for two days on October 5th - 6th 1953.

A 1st winter Grey-cheeked Thrush from Ollaberry, Shetland - September 2015 - Robert Hoare

Gull-billed Tern    1993:    Dorset: Stanpit Marsh.

Gyr Falcon    1980:    Highland: Achiltibuie, Wester Ross.

King Eider    1991:    Shetland: Whalsay, 1st year male.

Lanceolated Warbler    2015:    Shetland: Housay, Out Skerries, juvenile.

Lesser Grey Shrike    2013:    Kent: Capel Fleet, adult.

Lesser Scaup    2011:    Northumberland: Marden Quarry/ Tynemouth, female.

Lesser Yellowlegs    2017:    Dorset: Lodmoor, Weymouth, juvenile.

Nutcracker ●    1968:    Hertfordshire: near Pirton.

● UK first record: One was 'obtained' at Mostyn, Flintshire on October 5th 1753.

Nutcracker from Cocknage Wood, Staffordshire - October 1991 - Will Forrest

Olive-backed Pipit    2007:    Shetland: Hametoun, Foula.

Pacific Golden Plover    1996:    Orkney: Stronsay, juvenile/ 1st winter.

Paddyfield Warbler    2024:    Shetland: Norwick, Unst, 1st winter.

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    1988:    Shetland: Fair Isle, 1st winter.

Pallas's Sandgrouse    1863:    Northumberland: Holy Island, three.

Pallid Harrier    2020:    Norfolk: Wighton, juvenile.

Pallid Swift    2020:    Kent: Whiteness, juvenile.

Pechora Pipit    2009:    Shetland: Out Skerries.

Radde's Warbler    2005:    Isles of Scilly: Gugh.

Red-breasted Goose    2021:    Argyll & Bute: Gruinart, Islay, adult.

Red-flanked Bluetail    2016:    Fife: Denburn Wood, Crail.

Red-necked Nightjar ●    1856:    Northumberland: Killingworth.

● UK first record: A male of the form Caprimulgus ruficollis desertorum was 'obtained' at Killingworth, Northumberland on October 5th 1856 and is now held at The Hancock Museum, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Red-throated Pipit    2023:    Isles of Scilly: Longstone, St Mary's.

River Warbler    2011:    Shetland: Lower Stoneybrek, Fair Isle.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak    1967:    Pembrokeshire: Skokholm, adult female.

Ross's Goose    2010:    Cumbria: Burgh Marsh/ Rockcliffe Marsh, adult.

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin    1972:    Yorkshire: Flamborough Head.

Rustic Bunting    2024:    Suffolk: Trimley Marsh, 1st winter female.

Semipalmated Sandpiper    2023:    Aberdeenshire: Longhaven, juvenile.

Short-toed Eagle    2020:    Dorset: South Beach, Studland.

Siberian Rubythroat    2007:    Shetland: Foula, male.

Siberian Stonechat    2024:    Northumberland: Holy Island, female.

Siberian Thrush    2015:    Shetland: Hoini/ Steensi Geo, Fair Isle, 1st winter male.

Snowy Owl    1994:    Western Isles: North Rona.

Sociable Lapwing    1991:    Cambridgeshire: Somersham.

Solitary Sandpiper    1984:    Hertfordshire: Tring Reservoir, juvenile.

Squacco Heron    2023:    Somerset: Ham Wall, 1st winter.

Sykes's Warbler    2012:    Isles of Scilly: Old Grimsby, Tresco.

Tawny Pipit    1979:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's GC.

Upland Sandpiper    1970:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2021:    Orkney: Hundland, Papa Westray.

White-billed Diver    2002:    Norfolk: Sheringham.

White-rumped Sandpiper    2000:    Western Isles: St Kilda, juvenile.

White's Thrush    2016:    Northumberland: Holy Island.

White-winged Black Tern    1982:    Essex: Abberton Reservoir, juvenile.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    1953:    Highland: Caskieben, immature female.

Yellow-breasted Bunting    2001:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, female/ juvenile male.

Yellow-rumped Warbler    2022:    Shetland: Ellister, Bigton, 1st winter male.

Yellow-rumped Warbler - Jim Hutchins

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Amur Stonechat    2023:    Shetland: Norby, female.

Azorean Yellow-legged Gull    2009:    Oxfordshire: Didcot, adult.

Black-eared Wheatear Ssp    1983:    Shetland: Out Skerries, male.

Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    2019:    Shetland: Papil, West Burra.

Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2020:    Yorkshire: Buckton, male.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2012:    Shetland: Bruray, Out Skerries.

Northern Treecreeper    2023:    Shetland: Wester Quarff.

Steppe Grey Shrike    2014:    Norfolk: Burnham Norton, 1st winter.

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    1999:    Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, male.

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

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