Wednesday 27th September 2006
	Shetland produced a brace of quality new rarities in the shape of a Rustic Bunting on Foula and an Olive-backed Pipit on Out Skerries. Newbiggin (N'berland) continued its' fine run of form with a White-billed Diver close inshore during the early afternoon followed by a juvenile White-winged Black Tern in the evening. The days other new rarities comprised of a Lesser Yellowlegs in Co. Mayo and a Bee-eater reported in Lothian.  In Norfolk the juvenile Pallid Harrier continued to show well near Winterton throughout the day while in Dorset the controversial Marbled Duck continued its' stay in Christchurch Harbour. the Long-billed Dowitcher remained in Worcestershire, with other remaining rarities including Bonaparte's Gull at Inch (Co. Kerry), Lesser Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire and Co. Cork and Arctic Warbler on Mainland Shetland.
-  Richard Moores, RBA