Friday 8th October 2010
	The big news of the day was the discovery of the second Bobolink of the year, this time in Pembrokeshire on Skomer Island. A third was also possibly seen at St David's Head, also Pembrokeshire, but was only seen briefly. Other new arrivals included Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Rustic Bunting in Orkney, on South Ronaldsay and Sanday respectively, Rustic Bunting at Kilnsea, Yorkshire, Radde's Warbler at Tynemouth, Northumberland, King Eider at Burghead, Moray and Red-throated Pipit at Prawle Point, Devon. Shetland highlights included two Red-flanked Bluetails, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler, Dusky Warbler and Radde's Warbler, whilst lingering rarities there included Syke's Warbler, Black-headed Bunting and Citrine Wagtail. The Myrtle Warbler remained in County Cork, as did the Green Heron in Cornwall, single Wilson's Phalaropes in Norfolk and County Wicklow, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, King Eider in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Flintshire and Spotted Sandpiper in Devon.
-  Will Soar, RBA