Friday 23rd October 2009
	To the delight of the assembled masses in South Shields (Co Durham) the Eastern Crowned Warbler was still in Trow Quarry for its second day, where it showed well intermittently until dusk. The English East Coast also produced Red-flanked Bluetail at Bempton Cliffs RSPB and Dusky Warbler at Flamborough Head (East Yorkshire). Elsewhere new rarities comprised Olive-backed Pipits on St Agnes (Isles of Scilly) and Lundy (Devon), Red-throated  Pipits on Skomer (Pembrokeshire) and in Exmouth (Devon), Dusky Warbler at  Dungeness (Kent), Radde's Warblers at Fife Ness (Fife) and Girdle Ness (Aberdeenshire) and a Lesser Yellowlegs was reported at Pagham Harbour LNR (West Sussex). In Surrey the Brown Shrike lingered at Staines Moor, the Radde's Warbler remained at Thorpeness (Suffolk), the Western Bonelli's Warbler was re-trapped on Calf of Man (Isle of Man), two Long-billed Dowitchers were still at Connah's Quay NR (Flintshire) and Lesser Scaups lingered in Glamorgan and Warwickshire. In Ireland a Dusky Warbler was still in Co Cork, the long-staying Blue-winged Teal lingered in Co Dublin and an American Golden Plover was seen again in Co Kerry. Four Pallas's Warblers were located along the East Coast.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA