Thursday 29th October 2009
	Opinion remained divided on the identity of the Greenish or Green Warbler on The Lizard (Cornwall) - the bird showed quite well intermittently in Church Cove and was heard to call on several occasions. Elsewhere in Cornwall an Olive-backed Pipit was discovered at St Levan, where the Radde's Warbler also lingered. A Radde's Warbler was also discovered in Lowestoft (Suffolk) and a Red-rumped Swallow flew over Durlston Country Park (Dorset). Lingering rarities included Brown Shrike in Surrey, Fan-tailed Warbler in Kent, Citrine Wagtail on Isles of Scilly, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire and Pied Wheatear in Fife. In Ireland a Snowy Owl remained on Tory Island and American Golden Plovers were noted in Co Clare and Co Down.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA