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Friday 28th September 2007  
  A day of Mega's, with four breaking after 3pm! A male Siberian Thrush was on Foula, Shetland, Swainson's Thrush on Fetlar, Shetland, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler on Fair Isle, Shetland (joining a Lanceolated Warbler from yesterday), and news of a Semipalmated Plover was released from Colonsay, Argyll, on the birds second day.
Other rarities included Pechora Pipit on Out Skerries, Thrush Nightingale on Fair Isle (both Shetland), Paddyfield Warbler in Kent at St.Margarets at Cliffe, American Buff-bellied Pipit on St.Mary's, Scilly, Red-flanked Bluetail in Suffolk, a couple of Greenish Warblers in Norfolk and Kent, Killdeer on Shetland, White-rumped Sandpiper at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, Snowy Owl on Lewis, Western Isles with a Spotted Sandpiper remaining on Yell, Shetland.
Seabirds continued to turn up inland, with several Grey Phalaropes and Sabine's Gulls, along with many skuas and Gannets around the country.
Scarce migrants continued to arrive, with a few Wrynecks being reported, along with a good number of Yellow-browed Warblers.
-  Will Soar, RBA