Wednesday 30th September 2009
	Two Pechora Pipits arrived on Shetland today, with one on Foula and one on Fair Isle. Nearby, on Orkney, a third American Golden Plover, a juvenile, joined the two adults in Deerness. In Ireland, a Long-billed Dowitcher was found in County Clare and a White-rumped Sandpiper in County Kerry. Lingering rarities included both the Taiga Flycatcher and the Buff-bellied Pipit on Shetland, Fan-tailed Warbler in Kent, Aquatic Warbler in Warwickshire, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Orkney, Long-billed Dowitchers in County Galway, Somerset, Isles of Scilly and Cheshire (2), Glossy Ibises in Kent (5), Northumberland and Somerset, American Golden Plovers in Argyll and County Galway, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian and White-rumped Sandpiper in Essex. Large numbers of geese continued to arrive for the winter, with the first Richardson's Canada Goose being located on Islay, Argyll.
-  Will Soar, RBA