Monday, 5 October 2026

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 6th:

Details of the most recently accepted:

Alpine Accentor    1908:    Shetland: Fair Isle.
Alpine Swift    1985:    Cleveland: Boulby Cliffs.
American Pipit    2013:    Shetland: Mid Yell, Yell.
Arctic Warbler    2016:    Yorkshire: Bempton Cliffs, 1st winter.

Baird's Sandpiper    2024:    Aberdeenshire: Middlemuir Moss, New Pitsligo, juvenile.
Black-browed Albatross    2016:    Norfolk: Cley-next-the-Sea, immature.
Black-throated Thrush    2012:    Shetland: Hill Dyke/ Vaadal/ Barkland, Fair Isle, 1st winter male.
Blyth's Reed Warbler    2007:    Yorkshire: Spurn/ Kilnsea, 1st winter.
Bobolink    1996:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's.
Bonaparte's Gull    2011:    Orkney: Kirk Sound/ St Mary's Bay/ Holm, adult.
Booted Warbler    1984:    Kent: Foreness.
Broad-billed Sandpiper    1946:    Hertfordshire: Wilstone Reservoir, Tring.
Brown Shrike    2016:    Shetland: Kirkhouse Burn, Voe, juvenile.

Brown Shrike - Hugh Harrop

Cackling Goose    2005:    Northumberland: Holy Island/ Fenham Flats/ Budle Bay, adult.
Caspian Tern    2016:    Isles of Scilly: Porth Hellick, St Mary's.
Citrine Wagtail    2008:    Shetland: South Harbour, Fair Isle, 1st winter.
Common Nighthawk    2008:    Isles of Scilly: Porthloo Lane, St Mary's, 1st winter male.

Daurian Shrike    2011:    Shetland: Hillwell/ Brake, adult female.
Desert Wheatear    1928:    Shetland: Fair Isle, male.

Ferruginous Duck    2019:    Powys: Llangorse Lake, adult male.
Forster's Tern    1985:    Lothian: Musselburgh/ Granton Harbour, Edinburgh.

Glossy Ibis    2012:    Cornwall: Windmill Farm, Ruan Major, eight.
Great Snipe    1977:    Shetland: Fair Isle.
Green Heron    2010:    Cornwall: Heligan, 1st winter.
Grey-cheeked Thrush    2012:    Isles of Scilly: Troy Town, St Agnes.

Hume's Warbler    2007:    Norfolk: Holkham Meals.

Isabelline Wheatear    2019:    Shetland: Bruray, Out Skerries.

Lanceolated Warbler    2013:    Shetland: Wirvie Burn, Fair Isle, juvenile.
Laughing Gull    2005:    Yorkshire: Anglers CP, Wintersett, 2nd winter.
Lesser Grey Shrike    1957:    London: near Perry Oaks.
Lesser Scaup    2005:    Lancashire: Myerscough Quarry, male.
Lesser Yellowlegs    2016:    Lincolnshire: Butterwick Hale, East Butterwick, juvenile.
Little Bittern    2020:    Isles of Scilly: Old Town Bay, St Mary's, female.
Long-billed Dowitcher    2024:    Leicestershire: Eyebrook Reservoir, 1st winter.

Nutcracker    1978:    Norfolk: Gunton.

Olive-backed Pipit    2010:    Orkney: Halley, Deerness.
Ovenbird    2013:    Orkney: Holland, Papa Westray.

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler    2004:    Shetland: Pool of Virkie.

Radde's Warbler    1999:    Isles of Scilly: Tresco.
Red-flanked Bluetail    2016:    Shetland: Gunnawark, Fair Isle.
Red-footed Falcon    1972:    Pembrokeshire: Haverfordwest, female.
Red-throated Pipit    2021:    Northumberland: Holy Island.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak ●    2001:    Devon: Lundy, 1st winter male.

● UK first record: A female spent six days on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly from October 6th - 11th 1966.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak from Gugh, Isles of Scilly - October 2020 - Jamie Partridge

Ross's Goose    2007:    Norfolk: Holkham/ Docking, adult.
Rufous-tailed Robin    2019:    Shetland: Houbie, Fetlar.
Rustic Bunting    2021:    Shetland: Hillwell.

Scarlet Tanager    2014:    Western Isles: near Brevig, Barra, 1st winter female.
Scops Owl    1922:    Norfolk: Blakeney Point.
Siberian Stonechat    2019:    Yorkshire: Kilnsea, 1st winter.
Siberian Thrush    2016:    Shetland: Uyeasound, Unst, 1st winter male.

Siberian Thrush - Chris Pendlebury

Snowy Owl    1983:    Shetland: Saxa Vord, Unst.
Sociable Lapwing    1973:    Isle of Wight: Brighstone Bay/ Atherfield.
Swainson's Thrush    2022:    Isles of Scilly: Racket Town Lane, Tresco.
Sykes's Warbler    2010:    Shetland: Tresta, Fetlar, 1st winter.

Tawny Pipit    1979:    Isles of Scilly: St Mary's GC, two.
Thick-billed Warbler ●    1955:    Shetland: Fair Isle.

● UK first record: One was trapped on Fair Isle, Shetland on October 6th 1955.

Thick-billed Warbler from Geosetter, Shetland - October 2013 - Jim Lawrence

Upland Sandpiper    2006:    Shetland: Norwick, Unst, juvenile.

Veery ●    1970:    Cornwall: Porthgwarra.

● UK first record: A 1st winter was trapped at Porthgwarra, Cornwall on October 6th 1970.

A 1st winter Veery from Lunna, Shetland - October 2023 - Tony Davison

Western Bonelli's Warbler    2013:    Cornwall: St Levan.
Western Orphean Warbler    2016:    Shetland: Loch of Benston.
White's Thrush    2004:    Shetland: Maywick.
White-winged Black Tern    1997:    Norfolk: Eccles-on-Sea, juvenile.

SUBSPECIES/ UNDERTERMINED

Amur Stonechat    2016:    Suffolk: Landguard BO, 1st winter male.

Black/ Red-headed Bunting    1974:    Shetland: Kennaby, Fair Isle, female/ immature.
Bonelli's Warbler Ssp    1992:    Northumberland: Prior's Park, Tynemouth.

Dowitcher Ssp    1969:    Argyll & Bute: Loch A'Phuill, Tiree.

Eastern Nightingale    1991:    Yorkshire: Spurn.
Eastern Stonechat Ssp    2020:    Shetland: Fetlar.

Fea's/ Desertas Petrel    2022:    At sea: c.10km southeast of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, adult.

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll    2017:    Shetland: Ollaberry, 1st winter.

Pratincole Ssp    1963:    Orkney: near Widewall Bay, South Ronaldsay.

Subalpine Warbler Ssp    1968: Isles of Scilly: St Agnes, 1st year male.

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

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