Wednesday 18th October 2006
	The Isles of Scilly stole the show, producing an excellent selection of rarities, chief of which was a fantastic Blyth's Pipit on St Mary's. For the second consecutive year on Isles of Scilly a Blyth's Pipit has been identified, after initially being misidentified as a Tawny Pipit. Elsewhere the archipelago offered Red-eyed Vireo and Radde's Warbler on St Mary's, Western Bonelli's Warbler on St Martin's (with a Bonelli's warbler species  remaining on on St Mary's) and American Robin on Tresco. Identification debate continued over a difficult Booted or Syke's Warbler on St Mary's. In North Yorkshire a White-rumped Sandpiper at Filey Dams YWT continued Filey's current run of form. A Red-throated Pipit was an excellent find South Stack RSPB, Anglesey. Other new birds included an Olive backed Pipit on Shetland, Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, Red-throated Pipit, Black Kite in Ireland and a Cattle  Egret in Kent. Star birds from previous days continued to delight the crowds, but while the Roller in Northumberland continued show consistently well the Two-barred Greenish Warbler and the Red-flanked Bluetail required more patience. Newly arrived scarcities were represented with at least 2 Little Buntings, 3 Pallas's Warbler, a Great Grey Shrike, 3 Richard's Pipits and over 20 Yellow-browed Warblers. A highly prized inland find was a Leach's Petrel which spent the afternoon at Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA