Wednesday 1st November 2006
	A remarkable discovery today came in the form of Britain's second Masked Shrike. Just two years after the first, it was found on St.Mary's on the Scilly Isles and remained on show during the late afternoon. A fine male Desert Wheatear was also found on St.Mary's and the island also continued to host a Blyth's Reed Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling and a Richard's Pipit, with a Serin on Tresco and at least three Yellow-browed Warblers on the islands. Elsewhere another Desert Wheatear was found at Cooden Beach in East Sussex. A White-billed Diver flew north past Girdle Ness in Aberdeenshire and a Black Duck was found on Fair Isle in The Shetlands. An American Golden Plover flew over Nanjizal Valley near Land's End in Cornwall. In northerly winds, seawatching along the east coast produced large numbers of Little Auks with a smattering of Sooty Shearwaters, Pomarine Skuas and Grey Phalaropes among the commoner seabirds. Southern counties witnessed some impressive movements of common birds at various sites topped by a passage of 74,000 Woodpigeons past Christchurch Harbour in the morning.
-  Pete Hayman, RBA