Sunday 17th October 2010
	New rarities came in the form of Red-flanked Bluetails in Norfolk and Suffolk, Red-throated Pipits on Shetland, London, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall and Cheshire, a couple of Northern Long-tailed Tits in Suffolk, Glossy Ibis in Devon and a Lesser Yellowlegs was reported in the West Midlands. Lingering rarities included Green Heron in Cornwall, Steppe Grey Shrike in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, Red-eyed Vireo, Subalpine Warbler and Radde's Warbler on Isles of Scilly. Wilson's Phalarope in Kent, Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire, Dusky Warbler in North Yorkshire, King Eider in Suffolk, American Golden Plover in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire and Blyth's Reed Warbler, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Little Bunting on Fair Isle. In Ireland a Buff-bellied Pipit was discovered in Co Waterford (where a Long-billed Dowitcher remained), the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper lingered in Co Dublin and an American Golden Plover, Red-eyed Vireo and House Crow were in Co Cork.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA