Thursday 5th November 2009
	An Olive-backed Pipit at Flamborough Head (East Yorkshire) and Dusky Warbler on Whalsay (Shetland) were today's star discoveries. In Kent the Fan-tailed Warbler lingered at Pegwell Bay Country Park and in nearby Surrey the Brown Shrike was still on show. Suffolk continued to host the Dusky Warbler at Gunton Warren and both Lesser Yellowlegs and Red-rumped Swallow remained at Aberlady, Lothian. Up to seven Great White Egrets, five Glossy Ibises and three Cattle Egrets were recorded and in Ireland the American Buff-bellied Pipit was seen again at Clahane Strand, Co Clare. Best of the rest included Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in Oxfordshire, Rose-coloured Starling on Orkney, American Wigeon in Dumfries & Galloway and Bluethroat on Shetland.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA