Wednesday 7th October 2009
	The highlight of the day was the juvenile Baillon's Crake at Kilnsea, East Yorkshire. Found late afternoon, it was still present at dusk, although it proved very elusive. This is the first record of the species since two birds in 2001, and will therefore prove popular if it lingers. Shetland continued to attract eastern rarities, with Lanceolated Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Olive-backed Pipit and Arctic Warbler, together with three new Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls, all being found today. Another Olive-backed Pipit was seen briefly at Newbiggin, Northumberland, and other discoveries consisted of single Long-billed Dowitchers in County Wicklow and on the Western Isles, Glossy Ibis in Essex and a Great White Egret in County Cork. In Nottinghamshire, the Steppe Grey Shrike was still at Lound, whilst other lingering rarities included Veery, River Warbler, Arctic Warbler, two Pechora Pipits and two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls on Shetland, American Buff-bellied Pipit in County Clare, single Snowy Owls in County Donegal and on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher on the Isles of Scilly (with two others in Cheshire), Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian, White-rumped Sandpiper in Essex, two American Golden Plovers in Argyll, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on the Western Isles and single Glossy Ibises in Cambridgeshire and Northumberland.
-  Will Soar, RBA