Wednesday 28th October 2009
	The main talking point today concerned a possible Green Warbler on The Lizard, Cornwall. If confirmed as a Green Warbler, it will be only the second ever to have occurred in Britain, following the September/October 1983 bird on Isles of Scilly. Elsewhere new rarities came in the form of Radde's Warbler on St Agnes (Isles of Scilly), Red-throated Pipit over Kenidjack Valley (Cornwall), Laughing Gull at Sandhurst (Berkshire) and Red-rumped Swallow at Fife Ness (Fife), where Pied Wheatear and Radde's Warbler both remained. Lingering rarities included Brown Shrike in Surrey, Black-throated Thrush in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian, Radde's Warbler in Cornwall, Citrine Wagtail on Isles of Scilly, Red-rumped Swallow in Cambridgeshire and in Kent the long-staying Fan-tailed Warbler made another brief appearance at Pegwell Bay. Ten Great White Egrets, five Glossy Ibises and four Cattle Egrets were all reported. In Ireland a Radde's Warbler arrived on Cape Clear (Co Cork), the Snowy Owl was still on Tory Island (Co Donegal) and American Golden Plovers were seen in Co Kerry and Co Down.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA